Tyne and Wear HER(15540): 5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage - Details
15540
Newcastle
5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Domestic
House
Detached House
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Demolished Building
William Boutland Wilkinson lived in No. 5 Saville Place (HER 9102). In 1854 he built a pioneering patent reinforced-concrete cottage in the garden in 1854. The concrete was reinforced using rope. The cottage was demolished in 1954.
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564710
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upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955