Jesmond Road, Jesmond Villas (Swallow Hotel)

HER Number

11421

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Road, Jesmond Villas (Swallow Hotel)

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Semi Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Pre 1844 villas integrated into the 1960s Swallow Hotel. Shown as the Imperial Hotel on OS third edition map of 1919. The 1960s building is an uninspiring modern development with an imposing, box-like cantilevered structure protruding over the street line. Damaged by fire in 2008.

Easting

425530

Northing

565520

Grid Reference

NZ425530565520

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2007, South Jesmond Conservation Area Character Statement, p 25; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 120