Wallace Street, coachworks

HER Number

16619

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Wallace Street, coachworks

Place

Spital Tongues

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Vehicle Engineering Site

Site Type: Specific

Coach Works

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Vast coachworks built to the east of Wallace Street, behind Chimney Mill by 1939. Now replaced by Windmill Court.

Easting

424050

Northing

565500

Grid Reference

NZ424050565500

Sources

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