Jesmond Towers, farmhouse

Jesmond Towers, farmhouse

HER Number
14792
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, farmhouse
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
18th century farmhouse. Two storeys. Sandstone rubble walls with ashlar quoins. Pebble dashed on the north elevation. Sash windows (not original). The south elevation retains a hornless vertical sliding sash window. Inside there is a glazed screen, boarded over and wallpapered. The entrance was originally from the south, but now its from the north. Inside, the window reveals to the rear of the property are very deep, indicative of thick walls typical of the 1700s. Additionally original internal doors survive which are fairly small and again typical of the period. The staircase appears to be original. A fireplace survives in the parlour/sitting room. In 1821 Robert Warwick converted the farmstead into a mansion and added a lodge (West Cottage) to the west, but the majority of the buildings continued to function as a working farm. A group of three farm buildings and a U-shaped outbuilding to the north-east is shown on Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844. The site was acquired in 1917 by the Filles de la Sagesse and the buildings were altered. The farmhouse became the Father's house.
Easting
425280
Northing
567170
Grid Reference
NZ425280567170
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 75; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording