25 Kingsley Place, (home of John Gilroy)

HER Number

17313

District

Newcastle

Site Name

25 Kingsley Place, (home of John Gilroy)

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Terraced House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

John Gilroy 1898-1985 Lived in this house as a boy. Royal Portrait painter, Advertising designer & artist famous for the Guinness Zoo Animals & World War II posters 'Be like Dad - Keep Mum'.

Easting

426540

Northing

565240

Grid Reference

NZ426540565240

Sources

Commemorative plaque; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilroy_(artist); http://www.guinntiques.com/gilroy.aspx; http://heatonhistorygroup.org/tag/kingsley-place/; David Hughes, 2014, Gilroy was Good for Guinness