West Boldon, Folly House

HER Number

8676

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, Folly House

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Situated in the area known as "The Folly". A strange looking house which was demolished for a new road. Legend says that a retired sea captain built this tall house so he could gaze out to sea from an upper window. Close to this site, near Folly Gate, local victims of the 1874 smallpox epidemic were buried in communal graves.

Easting

435100

Northing

561100

Grid Reference

NZ435100561100

Sources

S. Reeder, 2000, The Boldons in Old Picture Postcards