Dalton Street, pigeon crees

HER Number

17039

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dalton Street, pigeon crees

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Animal House

Site Type: Specific

Pigeon Cree

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A small cluster of crees back onto Dalton Street, in the cutting of an old waggonway (HER 2146). These are home-made lofts, built of salvaged materials. A variety of colours and shapes.

Easting

426770

Northing

564440

Grid Reference

NZ426770564440

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 152