English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
25
District
Newcastle
Easting
424150
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564020
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
Two storey brick building with attic. Ground floor windows and central double doors have been renewed. First floor windows are curved-headed. Roof lights in the attic. Mansard roof. In 2013 in use as Art-est Gallery and Framing with offices above. Early C20 in date?
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
SITEDESC
Two storey brick building with attic. Ground floor windows and central double doors have been renewed. First floor windows are curved-headed. Roof lights in the attic. Mansard roof. In 2013 in use as Art-est Gallery and Framing with offices above. Early C20 in date?
Site Name
14 Blandford Square
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
HER Number
15898
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Jennifer Morrison, 2013, pers comm
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
25
District
Newcastle
Easting
424150
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick, sandstone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Handsome three storey brick building with curved-headed windows with sandstone keystones. The main façade has a raised pediment surmounted with a sandstone ball finial. There are sandstone obelisk finials to either side. There is a sandstone cornice. Presumably a former Co-operative building like nearby Blandford House (HER 5170). The co-op had a two-storey stable on Blandford Square. The Fired Earth showroom has support columns and drainage channels inside. The original proposed plan of a stable building on this site held by Tyne and Wear Archives is stamped as rejected, so presumably was not built. The plan shows a pitched roof and the current building has a flat roof. The two storey stable would have had horse ramps and a feed loft. The existing building looks like a warehouse with a grand façade.
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
Handsome three storey brick building with curved-headed windows with sandstone keystones. The main façade has a raised pediment surmounted with a sandstone ball finial. There are sandstone obelisk finials to either side. There is a sandstone cornice. Presumably a former Co-operative building like nearby Blandford House (HER 5170). The co-op had a two-storey stable on Blandford Square. The Fired Earth showroom has support columns and drainage channels inside. The original proposed plan of a stable building on this site held by Tyne and Wear Archives is stamped as rejected, so presumably was not built. The plan shows a pitched roof and the current building has a flat roof. The two storey stable would have had horse ramps and a feed loft. The existing building looks like a warehouse with a grand façade.
Site Name
12 Blandford Square (Fired Earth)
Site Type: Specific
Cooperative Store
HER Number
15897
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Graham Bradshaw, Tyne and Wear Museums and Archives, 2013 (pers comm)
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9795
DAY1
22
District
Newcastle
Easting
423830
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566810
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Kenton
Description
'Max Engelbert Adolph Holzapfel, born 3 April 1861, was the German consul in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before the First World War. He became a naturalized British subject in 1887. He died in London on March 26th 1932.

In 1881, he and his elder brother, Albert, established Holzapfels Compositions Co. Ltd. in Newcastle to produce marine anti-fouling coatings for iron-clad ships, using the name, International, as their paint brand. By 1889, the company had expanded production to include overseas countries, such as Russia, Denmark, Italy and Germany, and in 1901 to the United States. They moved first to larger premises in Gateshead, and in 1904 to a large factory in Felling-on-Tyne, where the current headquarters are still located. International Paint is now the leading brand name of the AkzoNobel Marine & Protective Coatings (M&PC) business unit.

In 1908 Max Holzapfel rebuilt Kenton Lodge just north of Newcastle, on the edge of the Town Moor (HER 9795). Holzapfel is German for crab apple and this motif can still be seen on the iron gates of the southernmost drive off Kenton Road.
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
'Max Engelbert Adolph Holzapfel, born 3 April 1861, was the German consul in Newcastle upon Tyne before the First World War. He became a naturalized British subject in 1887. He died in London on March 26th 1932.
In 1881, he and his elder brother, Albert, established Holzapfels Compositions Co. Ltd. in Newcastle to produce marine anti-fouling coatings for iron-clad ships, using the name, International, as their paint brand. By 1889, the company had expanded production to include overseas countries, such as Russia, Denmark, Italy and Germany, and in 1901 to the United States. They moved first to larger premises in Gateshead, and in 1904 to a large factory in Felling-on-Tyne, where the current headquarters are still located. International Paint is now the leading brand name of the AkzoNobel Marine & Protective Coatings (M&PC) business unit.
In 1908 Max Holzapfel rebuilt Kenton Lodge just north of Newcastle, on the edge of the Town Moor (HER 9795). Holzapfel is German for crab apple and this motif can still be seen on the iron gates of the southernmost drive off Kenton Road.
Site Name
Kenton, Kenton Lodge, gates
Site Type: Specific
Gate
HER Number
15896
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Sue Howie, Northumberland & Newcastle Society, 2013, personal comment
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick, render
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568470
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
North Shields
Description
Built in September 1938. 4 storeys. Brick with rendered north-east corner.
Site Type: Broad
Hostel
SITEDESC
Built in September 1938. 4 storeys. Brick with rendered north-east corner.
Site Name
Church Way, YMCA building
Site Type: Specific
Christian Association Hostel
HER Number
15895
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sanderson Weatherall, 2013, Design and Access Statement
YEAR1
2013
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Shields
Description
Demolished by 1918.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Demolished by 1918.
Site Name
Duke Street, Ferry House Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15894
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Lynn F Pearson, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
Sunderland
Easting
433520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
548000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
East Rainton
Description
Summer House is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map of circa 1860. A photograph (undated) shows a rubble stone house, two storeys with slate roof and three chimneys. The upper window on the righthand side of the front elevation is an oriel window. The front door is in a porch with a pitched slate roof. Demolished to make way for Summerhouse Farm estate in the 1970s.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Summer House is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map of circa 1860. A photograph (undated) shows a rubble stone house, two storeys with slate roof and three chimneys. The upper window on the righthand side of the front elevation is an oriel window. The front door is in a porch with a pitched slate roof. Demolished to make way for Summerhouse Farm estate in the 1970s.
Site Name
Summer House, South Street
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
HER Number
15893
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript)
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Sunderland
Easting
435510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558310
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Iron Age -800 to 43
Place
Hylton
Description
A prehistoric pit alignment was found during archaeological evaluation at the site of Castle View School on Cartwright Road in 2008. The linear feature consisted of a series of sub-oval and a linear cut aligned north-east to south-west. It was at least 54m long and up to 0.9m wide. In total 12 pits were identified. These varied in length from 2.2m to over 16m. The width of the pits varied from 0.45m to 0.9m. The depth was between 0.12m and 0.60m. The interval between the segments was between 0.2m and 0.6m. The individual pits were typically linear with rounded termini and steep straight sides to a concave base. The main fill of the pits was a dark greyish-brown silty clay containing occasional fragments of burnt sandstone (pot boilers). Several of the pits contained an initial fill of yellow silty clay or lenses of yellow silty clay in the main fill. This material is interpreted as a water-deposited fraction of the upcast from an adjacent bank. It was impossible to identity on which side of the pits the bank was located. Soil samples - most of the plant remains were restricted to fragments of unidentified charcoal. A single unidentified charred cereal grain, chaff from emmer/spelt wheat and crop weeds were recovered from the fills indicating cereal production and/or processing were taking place in the vicinity of the ditch prior to or during the time it was open. The species are characteristic of prehistoric or Romano-British period agriculture. OSL dates were recovered 81 BC +/-210, 761 BC +/-220, 571 BC +/-280, 1271 BC +/-310. The dates have large error margins but the infilling or silting up of the ditch took place in the mid to late Iron Age. The presence of burnt stone 'pot boilers' in some of the pits may be part of a structured deposition. There was one further archaeological feature on the site - a linear ditch. This was aligned north-west to south-east. It was 0.5m wide, over 4.8m long and 0.25m deep. It was filled with a dark grey silty clay with lenses of yellow brownish clay. The fill was OSL dated to 1271 BC +/-310 although this date should be treated with some caution. This Bronze Age date pre-dates the pit alignment, but given the uncertainty over the accuracy of the OSL date, it is not possible to be absolutely certain that the ditch does actually pre-date the pit alignment. The function of the pit alignment or segmented ditch is not known. It is clearly an act of land division and definition of territory. It could have had symbolic associations. It represents a collective rather than individual activity. The pot boilers may represent domestic activites linked to nourishment and food. The pit alignment lies perpendicular to the grain of the landscape. It does not reinforce a natural boundary. It cuts across the landscape. There are other pit alignments at Foxcovert (HER 13282) which has a late Bronze Age or early Iron Age origin, Blagdon Park 1, Shotton North-East and Shotton Anglo-Saxon site.
Site Type: Broad
Pit Alignment
SITEDESC
A prehistoric pit alignment was found during archaeological evaluation at the site of Castle View School on Cartwright Road in 2008. The linear feature consisted of a series of sub-oval and a linear cut aligned north-east to south-west. It was at least 54m long and up to 0.9m wide. In total 12 pits were identified. These varied in length from 2.2m to over 16m. The width of the pits varied from 0.45m to 0.9m. The depth was between 0.12m and 0.60m. The interval between the segments was between 0.2m and 0.6m. The individual pits were typically linear with rounded termini and steep straight sides to a concave base. The main fill of the pits was a dark greyish-brown silty clay containing occasional fragments of burnt sandstone (pot boilers). Several of the pits contained an initial fill of yellow silty clay or lenses of yellow silty clay in the main fill. This material is interpreted as a water-deposited fraction of the upcast from an adjacent bank. It was impossible to identity on which side of the pits the bank was located. Soil samples - most of the plant remains were restricted to fragments of unidentified charcoal. A single unidentified charred cereal grain, chaff from emmer/spelt wheat and crop weeds were recovered from the fills indicating cereal production and/or processing were taking place in the vicinity of the ditch prior to or during the time it was open. The species are characteristic of prehistoric or Romano-British period agriculture. OSL dates were recovered 81 BC +/-210, 761 BC +/-220, 571 BC +/-280, 1271 BC +/-310. The dates have large error margins but the infilling or silting up of the ditch took place in the mid to late Iron Age. The presence of burnt stone 'pot boilers' in some of the pits may be part of a structured deposition. There was one further archaeological feature on the site - a linear ditch. This was aligned north-west to south-east. It was 0.5m wide, over 4.8m long and 0.25m deep. It was filled with a dark grey silty clay with lenses of yellow brownish clay. The fill was OSL dated to 1271 BC +/-310 although this date should be treated with some caution. This Bronze Age date pre-dates the pit alignment, but given the uncertainty over the accuracy of the OSL date, it is not possible to be absolutely certain that the ditch does actually pre-date the pit alignment. The function of the pit alignment or segmented ditch is not known. It is clearly an act of land division and definition of territory. It could have had symbolic associations. It represents a collective rather than individual activity. The pot boilers may represent domestic activites linked to nourishment and food. The pit alignment lies perpendicular to the grain of the landscape. It does not reinforce a natural boundary. It cuts across the landscape. There are other pit alignments at Foxcovert (HER 13282) which has a late Bronze Age or early Iron Age origin, Blagdon Park 1, Shotton North-East and Shotton Anglo-Saxon site.
Site Name
Castle View School, pit alignment
Site Type: Specific
Pit Alignment
HER Number
15892
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
Towle A, 2008, Castle View School, Sunderland: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation
and Method Statement for Mitigation Works, March 2008, Unpublished SLR Consulting Report Ref 410-1625-00017b; SLR, February 2009, Castle View School, Sunderland, Report on Archaeological Mitigation Works, SLR Ref: 410-1625-00017; SLR Consulting Report Ref 410-1625-00017; SLR, May 2010, Castle View School, Sunderland, Report on Archaeological Mitigation Works
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Very Bad
Crossref
1961
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
422400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MATERIAL
Bone
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Iron Age -800 to 43
Place
Brunton
Description
During excavations of the Iron Age site at West Brunton in 2004, an inhumation was found towards the eastern edge of the excavated area, in the space surrounded by non-contemporary roundhouses 4, 5 and 6. The burial was indicated by a shallow impression of reddish grey silty sand 0.8m long and 0.35m wide. All solid bone had dissolved except for fragments of the left-side teeth. These showed that the burial was lying on its left side, its head to the south-east. The ghostly outline suggested a crouched inhumation. The burial was at the bottom of an oval vertically sided pit, 1.4m long, 0.74m wide and 0.3m deep, filled with grey-red sand and mixed clays. The oval pit was a later feature which had disturbed the burial which had been placed in a shallow cut below the bottom of the oval pit. Unfortunately neither the inhumation or the oval pit had any direct relationship with any other feature on the site. In the absence of scientific dating, the burial could have preceded or belonged to any phase of the Iron Age settlement or could even be pre-Iron Age. The inhumation was assessed by A. Caffell. The individual was possibly crouched and orientated SE-NW, with the head to the south-east. Preservation of the remains was very poor due to the acidic soil. Only the crowns of 9 teeth and around 25 fragments of enamel were observed during analysis. The individual was probably an adolescent or young adult, no more than 25 years old. No evidence of dental disease was observed. The acidic soil might have destroyed any calculus (mineralised plaque). Six lower and three upper teeth were identified, all from the left side of the mouth. Due to the lack of the rest of the skeleton the gender or a more accurate age estimate could not be provided.
Site Type: Broad
Burial
SITEDESC
During excavations of the Iron Age site at West Brunton in 2004, an inhumation was found towards the eastern edge of the excavated area, in the space surrounded by non-contemporary roundhouses 4, 5 and 6. The burial was indicated by a shallow impression of reddish grey silty sand 0.8m long and 0.35m wide. All solid bone had dissolved except for fragments of the left-side teeth. These showed that the burial was lying on its left side, its head to the south-east. The ghostly outline suggested a crouched inhumation. The burial was at the bottom of an oval vertically sided pit, 1.4m long, 0.74m wide and 0.3m deep, filled with grey-red sand and mixed clays. The oval pit was a later feature which had disturbed the burial which had been placed in a shallow cut below the bottom of the oval pit. Unfortunately neither the inhumation or the oval pit had any direct relationship with any other feature on the site. In the absence of scientific dating, the burial could have preceded or belonged to any phase of the Iron Age settlement or could even be pre-Iron Age. The inhumation was assessed by A. Caffell. The individual was possibly crouched and orientated SE-NW, with the head to the south-east. Preservation of the remains was very poor due to the acidic soil. Only the crowns of 9 teeth and around 25 fragments of enamel were observed during analysis. The individual was probably an adolescent or young adult, no more than 25 years old. No evidence of dental disease was observed. The acidic soil might have destroyed any calculus (mineralised plaque). Six lower and three upper teeth were identified, all from the left side of the mouth. Due to the lack of the rest of the skeleton the gender or a more accurate age estimate could not be provided.
Site Name
West Brunton, rectilinear enclosure, inhumation
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
HER Number
15891
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
A. Caffell, 2012, Human Remains in Nick Hodgson, Jonathan McKelvey and Warren Muncaster, 2012, The Iron Age on the Northumberland Coastal Plain - Excavations in advance of development 2002-2010, chapter 8 (The Biological Remains), p 163 and chapter 3 (The Iron Age sites at East Brunton and West Brunton (Newcastle Great Park), p 72
SURVIVAL
1-19%
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
27
DAY2
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
428833
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
9
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563110
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
The Old Hall/The Roper/Ellison Arms was built around 1861. The pub was acquired by Newcastle Breweries in 1894. In 1897 it was extended and altered in 1937. It closed in 1980 along with the nearby Lord Raglan to make way for houses.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
The Old Hall/The Roper/Ellison Arms was built around 1861. The pub was acquired by Newcastle Breweries in 1894. In 1897 it was extended and altered in 1937. It closed in 1980 along with the nearby Lord Raglan to make way for houses.
Site Name
Felling View, Ellison Arms (Old Hall/Roper)
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15890
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 46
YEAR1
2013
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
27
DAY2
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
428833
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
9
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563110
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
A beerhouse probably dating to the 1850s. Named after the British Commander-in-Chief in the Crimean War who was ennobled in 1852 and died in 1855. In 1911 the pub included a bar, two sitting rooms, a bottle and jug department, a five-roomed house and rear yard with a quoit ground. In 1938 a new select room was built. In 1945 the pub was bought by Robert Deuchar. A full licence was granted in 1960. It closed in 1980.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
A beerhouse probably dating to the 1850s. Named after the British Commander-in-Chief in the Crimean War who was ennobled in 1852 and died in 1855. In 1911 the pub included a bar, two sitting rooms, a bottle and jug department, a five-roomed house and rear yard with a quoit ground. In 1938 a new select room was built. In 1945 the pub was bought by Robert Deuchar. A full licence was granted in 1960. It closed in 1980.
Site Name
Felling View, Lord Raglan Inn
Site Type: Specific
Beer House
HER Number
15889
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 46
YEAR1
2013
YEAR2
2021