Bensham, Oxford Terrace

HER Number

9743

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bensham, Oxford Terrace

Place

Bensham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Terraced houses built 1875-1911. Occupied by surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Most were two storeys with a basement and attic.

Easting

425300

Northing

562260

Grid Reference

NZ425300562260

Sources

S. Taylor and D.B. Lovie, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, p 43; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31