North Jesmond Avenue, County Tennis Ground

HER Number

11430

District

Newcastle

Site Name

North Jesmond Avenue, County Tennis Ground

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Cricket Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Shown on OS second (1898), third and fourth (1940) editions as cricket ground. OS fifth edition (1960) shows the site as tennis ground. It is still the Northumberland County Tennis Ground today. It has an interesting high stone wall as its boundary with the road. There are two pavilions of 1930s date. A highly-praised indoor court building was built in the 1990s. There is a landscaped mound between the indoor court and the houses on Bemersyde Drive.

Easting

425470

Northing

566900

Grid Reference

NZ425470566900

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2003, Jesmond Dene Conservation Area Character Statement, p 41; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 63