Castle Garth, Parrot's Houses

HER Number

6543

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Garth, Parrot's Houses

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Tenement Block

Site Type: Specific

Tenement Block

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

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

425000

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ425000563800

Sources

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