Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)
Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)
HER Number
11412
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)
Place
Longbenton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School House
Site Type: Specific
School House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Old School House (Rutter's School) and Stackyard Lonnen stood on the site now occupied by Pearson's Garage, opposite the Ship Inn in 1791. Shown on an old engraving.
Easting
427510
Northing
568540
Grid Reference
NZ427510568540
Sources
W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 38; engraving shown on http://ih1.redbubble.net; www.douglaskay.co.uk/stbarts/history.html; Samuel Smiles, 1862, Lives of the Engineers with an account of their principal works, Vol 3, page 60 (includes engraving by RP Leitch); Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, St. Bartholomew's School, Benton - Archaeological Assessment