Scotswood Tower

HER Number:
1877

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Scotswood Tower

Place:
Scotswood

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Little is known of this curious Victorian house, apparently built on to an ancient tower. Although research by Farrier has suggested that the tower was contemporary with the remainder of the house rather than a medieval building. Tower House is identified on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey as a single building. By 1863, it is referred to Scotswood Tower in a newspaper advertisment. In the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey, the tower and additional outbuildings are referred to as Scotswood Tower. The property is recorded in the Blackett-Ord land sale of 1920 as a "house rented to Mrs Hall...... stables and garden rented to eleven others". It stood on the western side of Denton Road near the location of the present Sports and Social Club and was demolished in 1981.

Easting:
419760

Northing:
564250

Grid Reference:
NZ419760564250

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1877 >> T. Faulkner & P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p 28 Notes from I. Farrier - West Newcastle Picture History Collection