Wallsend, North View, roller skating rink

HER Number:
12122

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, North View, roller skating rink

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Building

Site Type: Specific:
Skating Rink

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Built between 1897 and 1916. This replaced the White House (HER 8658). The vast covered roller skating rink was used for aeroplane construction during the First World War, a boxing hall between 1919 and 1920, the Daimler Co. Ltd in 1922 with an adjoining car showroom to the west, then a Ministry of Works depot (named Training Centre, Ministry of Labour on OS fourth edition of 1937. It was then a giant paper store for government records. In the 1950s an unemployment benefit office was built next door. Both buildings have now gone.

Easting:
3007

Northing:
6672

Grid Reference:
NZ30076672

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; Wallsend Tithe Map 1840