The Rookery, Thornhill Road

HER Number

12187

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

The Rookery, Thornhill Road

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Built by 1897 in extensive grounds. The Chestnuts has been built in the garden.

Easting

427940

Northing

568760

Grid Reference

NZ427940568760

Sources

Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal