Mill House

HER Number:
16616

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Mill House

Place:
Spital Tongues

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Flats

Site Type: Specific:
Flats

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
15 storey block of flats (Nos. 1 to 98). Caused the clearance of workers terraces at Long Row. The spread of this type of development in Newcastle was very much the work of T Dan Smith, Leader of the Council from 1960 to 1965, who lived in nearby Belle Grove Terrace (HER 9949). Described by the North of England Civic Trust as 'wilfully contrary to what [it] replaced and what survives around [it] - a misguided desire to broadcast where the centre of the village is for miles around'. Mill House's concrete and brick slab block is an ever-present feature. Pilotis (stilts) at ground level illustrate its international style pedigree.

Easting:
423860

Northing:
565590

Grid Reference:
NZ423860565590

Lats/Lons:

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