Portland Bowling Green Club

HER Number

17004

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Portland Bowling Green Club

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Bowling Club

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The oldest surviving bowling green in Newcastle. The club was founded in 1874, the green was ready for play in 1877. The clubhouse was designed by James Fatkin and built in 1938 as a replacement for the original one. A competition for members known as 'Spoons' gave an engraved silver spoon as the prize. Portland hosts two annual county tournaments, the Bell Cup which goes back to 1900, and the Oubridge Cup which started in 1910.

Easting

425590

Northing

565420

Grid Reference

NZ425590565420

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 141