Benwell, glasshouse

HER Number

16623

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, glasshouse

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden Building

Site Type: Specific

Glasshouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Building to east of Benwell Tower shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey 1859. A 1913 photograph revealed that the building was a glass-sided gazebo. It was still extant in 1937.

Easting

421200

Northing

564510

Grid Reference

NZ421200564510

Sources

Archaeological Research Services, 2010, The Mitre, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; First Edition Ordnance Survey 1859