Westgate Road, Young People's Unit

HER Number:
6344

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westgate Road, Young People's Unit

Place:
Fenham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map as Elswick Grange. House, now part of Newcastle General Hospital. Early to mid 19th century. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. Basement and 2 storeys. 4 steps up to central part-glazed 6-panelled door in Tuscan porch; plain sashes in architraves have cornices on ground floor and projecting sills on first floor. Giant end pilasters with incised panel. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2 corniced ridge chimneys. Flat-coped dwarf walls steps to porch. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
422720

Northing:
564520

Grid Reference:
NZ422720564520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; CgMs Consulting, 2010, The campus for ageing and vitality and Tesco food store, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Statement