Built in 1880 for ironmaster John Mills, co-founder of Gjers Mills (Ayresome Ironworks), on the site of an earlier manor house and designed in the Jacobethan style, Newham Hall originally served as both an impressive family home and the centre of Mills’ business affairs.
It remained in the Mills family until 1952, when the hall, coach house, and stables were purchased by local businesses Ridsdale & Co Ltd and Bureau of Analysed Samples Ltd.
More recently, it has been used as offices and laboratories, but it is once again ready to begin a new chapter in its existence – perhaps as a stunning private residence or adapted for a variety of alternative uses, subject to the necessary planning and statutory consents.
"Newham Hall is one of the last of the original ironmasters’ houses to remain intact and undeveloped, offering new owners a blank canvas full of potential," says Graham Wood of joint selling agents GSC Grays.
"Tremendous care has been taken to preserve the unique features within the hall and grounds, and this was recognised when Newham Hall was included in the updated edition of Nikolaus Pevsner’s Guide to the Buildings of England – North Riding of Yorkshire."
In this, Pevsner says: "Perhaps by GG Hoskins, it is strikingly similar to his Elm Ridge, Darlington."
The four-storey hall is home to a number of striking architectural and period features, including a grand balustraded staircase, timber-panelled walls, and leaf-moulded cornice work, while the library, former drawing room, and dining room/morning room enjoy views over the grounds and adjacent parkland.
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The hall includes a three-bedroom flat within the second-floor accommodation.
Also included in the sale are the Grade II listed two-bedroom Lodge House (also dating to 1880), which is located at the entrance to Newham Hall and requires modernisation and improvement; an extensive range of single-storey workshops/outbuildings with loft storage; a former stable block; a car port; a timber storage shed; and parking.
The property enjoys views towards the Cleveland Hills and Roseberry Topping and features a ha-ha, pond, orchard, and an adjoining grass paddock, with the gardens and grounds extending to nearly six acres in all.
Property facts
Newham Hall, Newby
Guide price: £1.25m-£1.5m
GSC Grays & Robin Jessop Ltd
01748 829217 & 01969 622800
www.gscgrays.co.uk & www.robinjessop.co.uk
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