Sheriff Hill Hall

HER Number

7715

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Sheriff Hill Hall

Place

Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Villa

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Georgian 1714 to 1830

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Hall was a large stone villa, built in 1828 for a Matthew Plummer. It had a central porch of two Ionic columns, sash-windows and a heavy parapet.

Easting

426330

Northing

560480

Grid Reference

NZ426330560480

Sources

Pevsner. N (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983. ‘The Buildings of England – County Durham’