Shipcote, Rodsley Estate, Tyneside flats

The 28 acre Rodsley estate was sold for housing in 1888. The estate was built by 1914 using a grid of streets. The earliest streets were Eastbourne, Westbourne and Windsor Avenues. Most were Tyneside flats, some with corner shops, designed by L.H. Armour, civil engineer. Some had projecting window bays, some had two-roomed heated attics. Most of the flats had a small front yard with iron railings.