5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage

HER Number:
15540

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
William Boutland Wilkinson lived in No. 5 Saville Place (HER 9102). In 1854 he built a pioneering patent reinforced-concrete cottage in the garden in 1854. The concrete was reinforced using rope. The cottage was demolished in 1954.

Easting:
425160

Northing:
564710

Grid Reference:
NZ425160564710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190; Pers Comm John Grundy; J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle; Vindomora Solutions, 2021 Ellison Terrace, 1-5 Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological building recording upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955