West Jesmond Station
West Jesmond Station
HER Number
              13422
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              West Jesmond Station
          Place
              Jesmond
          Map Sheet
              NZ26NE
          Class
              Transport
          Site Type: Broad
              Railway Transport Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Railway Station
          General Period
              20TH CENTURY
          Specific Period
              Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              Opened on 1 December 1900. It was built by the Forsyth brothers. The new station on the line from Newcastle to the coast, included waiting rooms on both sides of the track each with a 'patent fireplace'. The gentleman's first class room was described as a 'snug little apartment with table and hair covered seated chairs and an oil cloth on the floor'. The ladies' first class room was similar and had lavatories alongside. There were general waiting rooms for both men and ladies, 'lined out with glazed bricks and has seats running right round'. There were separate rooms for staff and a 'cosy little dwelling' outside the station for the station master and his family. Alongside the track were sidings for coal and goods and a weigh house. Now a metro station.
          Easting
              425050
          Northing
              566610
          Grid Reference
              NZ425050566610
    Sources
              Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 48-49