Oxnam Crescent

HER Number:
16610

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Oxnam Crescent

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:
Extant Building

Description:
Reputedly named after the border town from which Robson's employees originated (furniture factory HER 4318). The terrace is misleadingly named - it barely curves. Faces the allotments.

Easting:
423720

Northing:
565350

Grid Reference:
NZ423720565350

Lats/Lons:

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