Beacon Lough East Estate

HER Number

9756

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Beacon Lough East Estate

Place

Beacon Lough

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Housing Estate

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Built in four phases from 1965 to 1967. Consisted of 4 twelve-storey point blocks (including Fell Court, Lough Court and Beacon Court) each with 48 flats, 196 flat-roofed concrete 'gunnel' houses, 515 brick cross-wall terraced houses, 30 patio aged bungalows, a children's house, primary school, pub and shops.

Easting

426960

Northing

560080

Grid Reference

NZ426960560080

Sources

S. Taylor and D.B. Lovie, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, p 65-68