The Drive, Sutherland Park

HER Number

16933

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

The Drive, Sutherland Park

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Sports Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

This is the ground of the Novocastrians Rugby Football Club (the 'Novos'). The inter war pavilion has an Italianate style. It was designed by Marshall & Tweedy and built between 1927 and 1928. The ground was laid out in 1898 by Newcastle Royal Grammar School. It is named after the school's benefactor Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland.

Easting

426760

Northing

567910

Grid Reference

NZ426760567910

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 101