Monkton Hall, Monkton Lane
Monkton Hall, Monkton Lane
HER Number
8146
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Monkton Hall, Monkton Lane
Place
Monkton
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House, now psychiatric hospital. Third quarter of C18, rainwater head
is dated 1763. Rendered; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 windows with
raised surrounds; raised quoins; parapet bands. Main elevation: C20 porch
encloses central rusticated doorway; at first floor there is a round sundial
dated 1773; sash windows. Roof steeply pitched having stone-coped parapets
to the gables, 2 end corniced brick chimneys. Interior: dentilled cornices
to upper and lower halls and one principal room, open well staircase with
cut string, 2 turned balusters to each step, curved section handrail, dado
rail. Some original architraves, ogee-headed staircase window, with painted
glass in ogee, behind wide arch on columns. LISTED GRADE 2
is dated 1763. Rendered; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 windows with
raised surrounds; raised quoins; parapet bands. Main elevation: C20 porch
encloses central rusticated doorway; at first floor there is a round sundial
dated 1773; sash windows. Roof steeply pitched having stone-coped parapets
to the gables, 2 end corniced brick chimneys. Interior: dentilled cornices
to upper and lower halls and one principal room, open well staircase with
cut string, 2 turned balusters to each step, curved section handrail, dado
rail. Some original architraves, ogee-headed staircase window, with painted
glass in ogee, behind wide arch on columns. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
431920
Northing
563640
Grid Reference
NZ431920563640
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/91; North of England Civic Trust for South Tyneside Council, 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Apparaisal, N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2012, Monkton Hall, Monkton, Tyne and Wear - archaeological watching brief and recording; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2011, Monkton Hall, Monkton, Tyne and Wear - historic building recording