Walkerville, Holme Avenue, Briarwood Crescent, Rosewood Cres

HER Number

9792

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walkerville, Holme Avenue, Briarwood Crescent, Rosewood Cres

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Model Dwelling

Site Type: Specific

Model Dwelling

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Model cottages' north of Shields Road. Some designed by E. Cratney, others by K.B. Spurgin and White & Stephenson for the Walker Model Housing Exhibition of 1908. The post 1919 Walker Estate was designed by F.L. Thompson, R. Dann & S.P. Taylor.

Easting

428840

Northing

566050

Grid Reference

NZ428840566050

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 498