Ropery Terrace and Long Row

HER Number

16607

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Ropery Terrace and Long Row

Place

Spital Tongues

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Workers cottages shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1860. Associated with the ropery (HER 4089) and probably Leazes main (Spital Tongues) Colliery (HER 4090).

Easting

423820

Northing

565530

Grid Reference

NZ423820565530

Sources

North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11