Oxnam Crescent

HER Number

16610

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Oxnam Crescent

Place

Spital Tongues

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Reputedly named after the border town from which Robson's employees originated (furniture factory HER 4318). The terrace is misleadingly named - it barely curves. Faces the allotments.

Easting

423720

Northing

565350

Grid Reference

NZ423720565350

Sources

North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11