Town Moor, Blue Houses

HER Number:
5897

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Town Moor, Blue Houses

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Industrial House

Site Type: Specific:
Workers Cottage

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
There were two worker's cottages built on Town Moor land by the Stewards Committee to house the workers and their families who were employed by the Freemen for the various jobs involved with the upkeep of the Moor. These houses became known as the Blue Houses due to the regulation colour of their paintwork. One of the houses still exists on the corner of Dukes Moor, adjacent to the junction of Grandstand Road and the Great North Road, to which it has lent its name - the Blue House roundabout. The other house stood near the junction of Grandstand Road and Ponteland Road, but has been demolished. A low bank marks the course of the wall around the property which is visible as a rectangular platform. Both houses are visible on Thomas Oliver's map of 1852 and the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A "Blue House" is mentioned by Charleton at Moor Edge although it is not clear which (if either) this might be. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
424610

Northing:
566840

Grid Reference:
NZ424610566840

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5897 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, P 54 R.J. Charleton, 1933, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 384