| Gunnergate Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Completed | 1857 |
| Demolished | 1946 |
| Client | Charles Albert Leatham |
Gunnergate Hall was a mansion house with grounds in the south of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England.
Gunnergate Hall was built in 1857 for Charles Albert Leatham, a wealthy Quaker banker. [1] [2] [3] Albert Leatham died in 1858 and in 1860 his widow sold Gunnergate Hall to ironmaster John Vaughan [4] [5] [6] who used it as his residence. [7] John Vaughan died in 1868 and his second son Thomas Vaughan inherited the hall and lived there. [1] [5] [6] Thomas Vaughan spent extensively improving the hall, [1] however his business failed and the hall was sold in 1881 to Carl Bolckow, [1] [5] [6] nephew of Henry Bolckow. Carl Bolckow sold the hall to mayor and shipbuilder Sir Raylton Dixon in 1888. [1] [5] [8] Sir Raylton Dixon died in 1901 [1] [2] [5] and thereafter the hall was left unoccupied, and fell into disrepair. [1] [8] The hall was used as an army base in both world wars [1] [5] [8] but was demolished in 1946 shortly after World War II, [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] and the land acquired by Middlesbrough Council. [2]
Gunnergate Hall was located off Tollesby Lane [4] and there is a plaque in the grounds that shows the former location of the hall. [8] The main entrance drive was from Stokesley Road in Marton. [5] Gunnergate Hall had three lodges but only two survive, Hunter’s Lodge on Gunnergate Lane and High Lodge on Tollesby Lane. [3] [4]
The hall had a banqueting hall, ballroom and billiard room [6] and the grounds had a rockery, tennis courts, greenhouses, waterfall, lake, fountain, and boat house. [2] [6] A water tower in the grounds may have supplied the lake fountain or else provided water pressure for the house. [9]
| Fairy Dell Park | |
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| Fairy Dell | |
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| Type | Nature Reserve and Parkland |
| Location | Middlesbrough |
| Coordinates | 54°31′34″N1°12′40″W / 54.526°N 1.211°W |
| Operated by | Middlesbrough Council with The Friends of Fairy Dell |
| Status | open all year round |
| Awards | Green Flag Award |
| Website | Friends of Fairy Dell |
Fairy Dell is a local nature reserve, [10] and the former gardens and grounds of Gunnergate Hall. [2] [11] Fairy Dell is a laid out parkland and natural wooded beck valley with an ornamental lake and flood defence lakes that is part of the Marton West Beck wildlife corridor. [12] [13] The site was redeveloped as a flood defence in the late 1970s by Northumbrian Water and Middlesbrough Council. [12]
Access to the park can be gained from nearby Newham Grange Country Farm. [14] Wildlife to be found include watervoles, herons, kingfishers, moorhens, and mallards. [10] [14] Numerous chainsaw sculptures have been created in the woodlands by Steve Iredale. [14] Activities undertaken by the Friends of Fairy Dell interest group include path clearing, strimming, and planting. [15] The park was given a Green Flag Award by the Civic Trust. [12]
Discoveries in the area have included animal bones and a sunken path. An archaeological dig is planned for 2014 led by Tees Archaeology. [16] [17] [18] A £38,000 grant has been obtained from the Community Spaces Programme of the Heritage Lottery Fund for improving footpaths and natural woodland, flower planting, extra seating and the archaeological dig. [16] [17] [19]
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