Axwell House

Axwell House (also Axwell Hall) is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, situated at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.

An early manor house on the site was acquired by James Clavering, a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1629 for £1700. ["National Archives: Durham Record Office, Clavering Family Papers" Ref D/CG7/14-16] In 1758 his descendant Sir Thomas Clavering replaced the house with a substantial mansion and assisted architect James Paine(1712-1789) in the Palladian design of the new house. [ [http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_image.asp?digital_doc_id=4350 Structures of the North East] ]

Having stood empty, neglected and deteriorating the property was acquired in 2006 by property developers for restoration and conversion to residential apartments.

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