Axwell House

An early manor house on the site was acquired by James Clavering, a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1629 for £1,700.

[2] In 1758 his descendant Sir Thomas Clavering of the Clavering baronets replaced the house with a substantial mansion and assisted architect James Paine (1712–1789) in the Palladian design of the new house.

[5] The hall and its surrounding 60 acres (24 ha) was converted for use as the Newcastle Ragged School in 1920.

In 2020, plans were approved for another developer to convert the house – described as an empty shell – into apartments.

[1] Some of the walls and balustrades are also listed,[13] as is the late 18th or early 19th century sandstone bridge 280 metres (920 ft) south of the house.