Town Hall, Greenesfield

HER Number

5612

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Town Hall, Greenesfield

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific

Town Hall

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The town hall moved from Oakwellgate to a new building at the south end of the police station in the mid 1800s.

Easting

425270

Northing

563450

Grid Reference

NZ425270563450

Sources

<< HER 5612 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850; S. Taylor and D. Lovie, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, p 13; F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 45