Axwell Park, Shell House

HER Number

7903

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Axwell Park, Shell House

Place

Axwell Park

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

On the north side of the lake was a house covered in shells known as "Shell House", which Bourn notes was demolished by fire by Sir Henry A. Clavering on 22nd March 1876 after it had fallen into decay.

Easting

419480

Northing

562350

Grid Reference

NZ419480562350

Sources

G. Stobbs, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2005, Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment; W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton