Ryton House
Ryton House
HER Number
7785
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton House
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Ryton House was an eighteenth century brick building, shown in an engraving by Boniface Muss c.1790. At the corner were Venetian doors and windows and a lunette. In the nineteenth century a bay window was added at the side. In one room the Ryton Petty Sessions were held. To the side of the house was the stable block, with Gothic battlements. The house was latterly a Conservative Club. The house was demolished in the 1960s. It was the seat of the Humble family in the 1700s.
Easting
415130
Northing
564660
Grid Reference
NZ415130564660
Sources
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 24