Underhill, Low Fell

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Underhill
County Durham

Underhill
Location
Grid reference: NZ26226063
Location: 54°56’23"N, 1°35’32"W
Village: Low Fell
History
Address: 99 Kells Lane
Town house
Information
Condition: Converted to sheltered housing

Underhill is a large and imposing detached house, located at 99 Kells Lane in Low Fell, a village and suburb of Gateshead in the north-east of County Durham.

The house is built primarily from sandstone in Victorian architectural style. It was the home of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan from 1869 to 1883, and is the first domestic property in the world to be illuminated by electric light bulb.

Blue plaque to Swan's invention of the light bulb

Previously used as a school, it is currently used as retirement sheltered housing.[1]

References

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