Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive

Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive

HER Number
12364
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive
Place
Gibside
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Drive
Site Type: Specific
Drive
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
The former carriage drive is shown on the 1856 Ordnance Survey plan leaving the estate approach road north of the bridge before curving across the haugh to its northern end, where there are now stone gate pillars. It was created by John Bowes in 1855. The southern end of the route was later re-aligened to the south-west. In 2012 an evaluation by On-Site Archaeology found evidence of the mid 19th century carriageway. It had previously been identified as upstanding earthworks and through historic map evidence. Two drainage ditches associated with the carriageway were also noted. The carriageway had been cut into natural geology.
Easting
416990
Northing
558260
Grid Reference
NZ416990558260
Sources
Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside; On-Site Archaeology, 2012, Gibside, Burnopfield - Archaeological Evaluation; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2011, New car parking Warren Haugh and West Wood, Gibside - Archaeological Assessment