Newcastle, Castle Garth, Parrot's Houses

HER Number:
6543

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Parrot's Houses

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Tenement Block

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
North and east of the properties on Castle Stairs (HER 6542) were "Parrot's Houses". They were brick-built, with steeply pitched pantile roofs. Illustrations and early photographs of these survive.

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J. Nolan, 1990, The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne after 1600, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XV.