English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area, Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5008
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
424150
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564800
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Bandstand
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. The bandstand was built by Smith & Co. of Glasgow for £150. As part of a Heritage Lottery Fund Restoration of the park in 2002-2004, the bandstand has been recreated from Smith & Co's receipts and sales catalogues. Parts of the original bandstand and statuary are said to have been buried behind the park warden's house - an area now levelled with silt from the lake. The Bandstand in Leazes Park is a 2003 reconstruction of the original nineteenth century bandstand. It is a faithful reconstruction based on photographs of the original structure. The ten sided structure is painted green and gold and has 10 iron columns rising from a stone flagged base. The columns are linked by ornate iron grills which rise to a height of approximately 1 metre. There are elaborate supports at the top of the columns upon which there is a crown domed roof, the flat underside of which is decorated.
Site Name
Leazes Park, bandstand
Site Type: Specific
Bandstand
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6281
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2007
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
423680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564870
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. There was once a corn mill here.
Site Name
New Mills
Site Type: Specific
Mill
HER Number
6280
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
423520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map as a school. Presumed to be the same building later known as St. Philip's Church Hall which stood at the junction of Worley and Longley Streets. The church hall opened as the Imperial Cinema on 10 August 1908. It was managed by a Mr Tiplady. It February 1910 it became Prince's Picture Hall. On 17 October 1910 it was reopened by Carl Aarstaf as St. Philip's Hall. In 1911 it was known as the Cosy and was licenced to James Eadlington. In May 1912 a new gallery was added and the cinema became the Stanhope Grand. From March 1913 Joseph Broughton and William Revell Marshall were in charge. They installed a new projection box in June 1914 and reseated the hall with tip-up chairs in 1919. The Stanhope Grand was last licenced in February 1930 when it had 604 seats. It closed before February 1931 because the church wanted its hall back. The building reverted to use as a church hall, with the paybox being used as a broom cupboard. It was demolished around 1969.
Site Name
Worley Street, school/St. Philip's Church Hall
Site Type: Specific
School
HER Number
6279
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, page 161
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
423570
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564870
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
New Mills, school
Site Type: Specific
School
HER Number
6278
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
423950
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565490
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Spital Tongues School opened as a board school on 6 August 1877. It closed in July 1977. Site redeveloped for housing.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Spital Tongues School opened as a board school on 6 August 1877. It closed in July 1977. Site redeveloped for housing.
Site Name
Wallace Street, school
Site Type: Specific
Board School
HER Number
6277
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 15
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
428500
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556400
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Washington
Description
Pillbox of WW2 origin
SITEASS
The pillbox is the most familiar type of C20 defensive building. Sometimes referred to as defence posts, blockhouses or police posts. Concrete pillboxes were first used by the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War. The concept was copied by the Germans in WW1 and later by the British. The majority of WW2 pillboxes were associated with beach defences, stop-lines and nodal points. Some were sited to defend coastal batteries, airfields, radar stations and factories. More than 18,000 were built during 1940. In June 1940 branch FW3 of the War Office Directorate of Fortifications and Works issued designs for about a dozen standard pillboxes. In practice a multiplicity of designs arose. However most pillboxes consist of a basic squat, heavily constructed building, usually flat-roofed, no more than 1.98m high and quadrilateral, polygonal or circular in plan. There were one or two entrances, sometimes protected by a porch or wall. They all have a series of horizontal slits (firing loops, loopholes or embrasures) to provide interlocking fields of fire over the anticipated direction of attack. Most pillboxes were designed for rifles or light machine guns. More heavily armed examples had Vickers machine guns, anti-tank guns or Hotchkiss guns. Pillbox walls are almost invariably of concrete, sometimes with brick shuttering or stone facing {Defence of Britain Handbook, 1995, pp 79-82}.
Site Type: Broad
Fortification
SITEDESC
Pillbox
Site Name
Washington, pillbox
Site Type: Specific
Pillbox
HER Number
5394
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 5394 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
428800
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555000
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Washington
Description
Pillbox of WW2 origin
SITEASS
The pillbox is the most familiar type of C20 defensive building. Sometimes referred to as defence posts, blockhouses or police posts. Concrete pillboxes were first used by the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War. The concept was copied by the Germans in WW1 and later by the British. The majority of WW2 pillboxes were associated with beach defences, stop-lines and nodal points. Some were sited to defend coastal batteries, airfields, radar stations and factories. More than 18,000 were built during 1940. In June 1940 branch FW3 of the War Office Directorate of Fortifications and Works issued designs for about a dozen standard pillboxes. In practice a multiplicity of designs arose. However most pillboxes consist of a basic squat, heavily constructed building, usually flat-roofed, no more than 1.98m high and quadrilateral, polygonal or circular in plan. There were one or two entrances, sometimes protected by a porch or wall. They all have a series of horizontal slits (firing loops, loopholes or embrasures) to provide interlocking fields of fire over the anticipated direction of attack. Most pillboxes were designed for rifles or light machine guns. More heavily armed examples had Vickers machine guns, anti-tank guns or Hotchkiss guns. Pillbox walls are almost invariably of concrete, sometimes with brick shuttering or stone facing {Defence of Britain Handbook, 1995, pp 79-82}.
Site Type: Broad
Fortification
SITEDESC
Pillbox
Site Name
Washington, pillbox
Site Type: Specific
Pillbox
HER Number
5393
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 5393 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
432200
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556000
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Washington
Description
Pillbox of WW2 origin
SITEASS
The pillbox is the most familiar type of C20 defensive building. Sometimes referred to as defence posts, blockhouses or police posts. Concrete pillboxes were first used by the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War. The concept was copied by the Germans in WW1 and later by the British. The majority of WW2 pillboxes were associated with beach defences, stop-lines and nodal points. Some were sited to defend coastal batteries, airfields, radar stations and factories. More than 18,000 were built during 1940. In June 1940 branch FW3 of the War Office Directorate of Fortifications and Works issued designs for about a dozen standard pillboxes. In practice a multiplicity of designs arose. However most pillboxes consist of a basic squat, heavily constructed building, usually flat-roofed, no more than 1.98m high and quadrilateral, polygonal or circular in plan. There were one or two entrances, sometimes protected by a porch or wall. They all have a series of horizontal slits (firing loops, loopholes or embrasures) to provide interlocking fields of fire over the anticipated direction of attack. Most pillboxes were designed for rifles or light machine guns. More heavily armed examples had Vickers machine guns, anti-tank guns or Hotchkiss guns. Pillbox walls are almost invariably of concrete, sometimes with brick shuttering or stone facing {Defence of Britain Handbook, 1995, pp 79-82}.
Site Type: Broad
Fortification
SITEDESC
Pillbox
Site Name
Washington, pillbox
Site Type: Specific
Pillbox
HER Number
5392
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 5392 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
27
DAY2
04
District
Sunderland
Easting
433581
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
05
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547868
parish
Hetton
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
East Rainton
Description
This farmhouse was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. Early mid-C17 with C18 and later alterations. Rubble sandstone with stone dressings; roof of asbestos. 2 storeys, 4 windows. Ground floor has small casement left, then sashes flanking door in stop-chamfered surround with flattened Tudor arch and alternate block jambs. 4 sashes on first floor; all windows have flat stone heads and projecting stone cills. Right return has massive chimney stack, truncated at gable peak, and brick chimney stack corbelled out at first floor level. Roof has stone gable coping, one right end brick chimney and one transverse ridge chimney between first and second bays.'
This 17th century farmhouse originated as a two-bay house, consisting of a parlour and kitchen, separated by a wooden or timber and lathe screen. The kitchen was connected to a narrow single storey unheated room, probably used as a scullery. This communicated with the outbuildings on the east side, which were probably used for animals. The building would have been lower than at present with a roof of cruck beam construction. In the early 19th century the farmhouse was remodelled. A first floor was added to the scullery and the level of the whole was raised, as indicated by the presence of dressed sandstone upper quoins. The wide stairwell dates to around the 1820s. A timber sash window was inserted to light the stair and a brick chimney was added to the top of the original stone stack. Fireplaces were inserted in the first floor rooms, a Regency fireplace and grate surviving in one bedroom. The south-east range of outbuildings were built at this time. The roof level of the east range was raised, using the original cruck trusses from the farmhouse. Windows and doors were inserted into the North Street frontage of this range. Further alterations including asbestos roofs were added in the late 19th and 20th centuries. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Although the house and east range are of C17 date, making this one of the oldest surviving properties in the Raintons, the overall condition is poor and few original features have survived. Though of interest, the two cruck trusses, which are decayed, are plainly not in their original position, and have been moved or reset at least once.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
This farmhouse was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. Early mid-C17 with C18 and later alterations. Rubble sandstone with stone dressings; roof of asbestos. 2 storeys, 4 windows. Ground floor has small casement left, then sashes flanking door in stop-chamfered surround with flattened Tudor arch and alternate block jambs. 4 sashes on first floor; all windows have flat stone heads and projecting stone cills. Right return has massive chimney stack, truncated at gable peak, and brick chimney stack corbelled out at first floor level. Roof has stone gable coping, one right end brick chimney and one transverse ridge chimney between first and second bays.'
This 17th century farmhouse originated as a two-bay house, consisting of a parlour and kitchen, separated by a wooden or timber and lathe screen. The kitchen was connected to a narrow single storey unheated room, probably used as a scullery. This communicated with the outbuildings on the east side, which were probably used for animals. The building would have been lower than at present with a roof of cruck beam construction. In the early 19th century the farmhouse was remodelled. A first floor was added to the scullery and the level of the whole was raised, as indicated by the presence of dressed sandstone upper quoins. The wide stairwell dates to around the 1820s. A timber sash window was inserted to light the stair and a brick chimney was added to the top of the original stone stack. Fireplaces were inserted in the first floor rooms, a Regency fireplace and grate surviving in one bedroom. The south-east range of outbuildings were built at this time. The roof level of the east range was raised, using the original cruck trusses from the farmhouse. Windows and doors were inserted into the North Street frontage of this range. Further alterations including asbestos roofs were added in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Site Name
High Glebe Farm, North Street
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5391
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5391 >> The Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2003, Archaeological Recording at High Glebe Farm, East Rainton;
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of ... Interest, 456/7/13;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184776
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2003
YEAR2
2025
English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
DAY2
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
428180
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
05
MONTH2
07
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 NE 74
Northing
565930
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walkergate
Description
Designed by the Newcastle architect A.B. Gibson and built for the Corporation at a cost of £17,887. The hospital opened in September 1888 on an 11 acre site previously used as agricultural land - "Calf Close". The hospital was one of the first to be built on the single storey pavilion system and was set in gardens. As early as 1896 it was recognised that the hospital would soon prove too small to cope with potential demand. Ground was acquired for two additional pavilions. These and other unidentified buildings are shown on the Ordnance Survey second edition. In 1905 the hospital extended northwards where a large brick-built nurse's home was built. This was extended in 1932 by the addition of two return wings. By 1940 the hospital had virtually reached the full extent of its development with the addition of further wards west of the nurse's home. There was some new building after this time, including the Chapel, dedicated in 1961. As built in 1888 the hospital could accommodate 105 patients. There were five separate pavilions, each containing 22 beds. One pavilion of 33 beds catered for scarlet fever. The original hospital buildings included an entrance lodge on Little Benton Road, an admin block, patient's laundry, stable for the horses which drew the ambulances, a block for steam disinfecting apparatus and a mortuary. In 1908 two more pavilions and two observation blocks were added, giving an additional 71 beds. The admin block was enlarged and the nurse's home built. During WW1 two temporary pavilions were added on the east side of Benton Road. These remained in use during WW2 and were converted into a geriatric unit in 1953. In 1916 a 62 bed sanatorium for TB cases was opened. In 1929 a new 44 bed block for female TB cases was opened, giving a total bed capacity of 338. During 1930 a number of alterations were made, including a new boilerhouse and chimney. Modernisation started before the outbreak of War continued in the 1950s. Open wards were converted into cubicles, and in 1953 a 30 bed Ear, Nose and Throat ward was created and an outpatient department. In 1956 an Opthalmic Unit was added to replace the old Eye Hospital in St. Mary's Place, demolished to make way for the Civic Centre. By 1960 the hospital had a polio unit and a department for skin disease.
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
SITEDESC
Designed by the Newcastle architect A.B. Gibson and built for the Corporation at a cost of £17,887. The hospital opened in September 1888 on an 11 acre site previously used as agricultural land - "Calf Close". The hospital was one of the first to be built on the single storey pavilion system and was set in gardens. As early as 1896 it was recognised that the hospital would soon prove too small to cope with potential demand. Ground was acquired for two additional pavilions. These and other unidentified buildings are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1905 the hospital extended northwards where a large brick-built nurse's home was built. This was extended in 1932 by the addition of two return wings. In 1908 two new pavilions, two observation wards were added. The hospital could accommodate 176 patients. By 1940 the hospital had virtually reached the full extent of its development with the addition of further wards west of the nurse's home. The geriatric wards east of Benfield Road were converted from temporary First and Second World War buildings. There was some new building after this time, including the Chapel, dedicated in 1961. As built in 1888 the hospital could accommodate 105 patients. There were five separate pavilions, each containing 22 beds. One pavilion of 33 beds catered for scarlet fever. The original hospital buildings included an entrance lodge on Little Benton Road, an admin block, patient's laundry, stable for the horses which drew the ambulances, a block for steam disinfecting apparatus and a mortuary. In 1908 two more pavilions and two observation blocks were added, giving an additional 71 beds. The admin block was enlarged and the nurse's home built. During WW1 two temporary pavilions were added on the east side of Benton Road. These remained in use during WW2 and were converted into a geriatric unit in 1953. In 1916 a 62 bed sanatorium for TB cases was opened. In 1929 a new 44 bed block for female TB cases was opened, giving a total bed capacity of 338. During 1930 a number of alterations were made, including a new boilerhouse and chimney. Modernisation started before the outbreak of War continued in the 1950s. Open wards were converted into cubicles, and in 1953 a 30 bed Ear, Nose and Throat ward was created and an outpatient department. In 1956 an Ophthalmic Unit was added to replace the old Eye Hospital in St. Mary's Place, demolished to make way for the Civic Centre. By 1960 the hospital had a polio unit and a department for skin disease.
Site Name
City Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Site Type: Specific
Hospital
HER Number
5390
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5390 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle - Desk Based Assessment; 1888, City Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Walkergate deeds etc. 1888-1972, Tyne and Wear Archive Service, Acc 646; North Penines Archaeology Ltd., 2011, Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Watching Brief; Heaton History Group, 2015, www.heatonhistorygroup.org/2015/04/17/newcastles-war-hospitals; AB Heritage, 2019, Walkergate Hospital Site, Benfield Road, Archaeological Evaluation Report; AB Heritage 2019, Walkergate Hospital Site, Benfield Road, Desk-based assessment
YEAR1
2003
YEAR2
2014