An early vernacular group in Chowdene Conservation Area. Ashlar-built. Boundary Cottage is the most 'polite' and is named on a carved stone plaque. Its name refers to the boundary of Gateshead parish, borough and fell (enclosed in 1822).
DESCRIPTION
Mid 19th century. Ashlar, rusticated quoins. Hipped Welsh slate roof. Modern windows.
ARCHITECT William Elliott
DATES 1859 (plans)

DESCRIPTION
Early 19th century. Coursed rubble, large quoins, heavy lintel. Welsh slate roof, sash windows with glazing bars.

The building has considerable interest as an example of large scale post-war industrial development, as it was originally the North Block of the Churchill Gears Factory. It was innovative at the time it was built because of the multi-barrel vault roof design, and it is this striking architectural feature that largely gives it its distinctive character. The other key feature is the large proportion of glazing in the curtain walling, set on a brick plinth with metal window frames. This block was built as an extension to the original factory site, and was used as an assembly shop where machinery could be constructed, tested and demonstrated. It was also pioneering in engineering terms, and in 1966 Charles Churchill Company Ltd. Was honoured in the Queen’s Award to Industry List for ‘technological innovation and export achievement’.
MATERIALS Metal, glass, felt
DATES 1965 (This block – South Block 1957)

Signal box on Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and its Redheugh Branch.
DESCRIPTION Built by the North Eastern Railway Company at a branch in the Newcastle and Carlisle railway.

Unveiled 11th April 1924. A 21 feet high Cross of Sacrifice of Blomfield design with a bronze crusader's sword on the front of the cross. Octagonal plinth on a semi-circular platform. Maintained by the War Graves Commission. DESCRIPTION / STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The memorial is described as an Imperial Great War Cross, and was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is dedicated to the soldiers and sailors buried in the cemeteries of Gateshead. The inscription reads: ‘TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE SAILORS AND/ SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ OF WHOM ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT ARE/ BURIED IN EAST CEMETERY AND FIFTY THREE/ IN SALTWELL CEMETERY BOTH IN THE/ BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD./ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.’ A 21’ Darley Dale stone cross, featuring a fine bronze sword and standing on an 8 sided plinth, it was unveiled by Lieutenant-Colonel A Henderson CMG, the ex-commanding officer of the 9th DLI, and dedicated by Canon H S Stephenson, Rector. Each war memorial is, of course, of significance in itself, in commemorating the people who died in the local area, and whose family may well still live nearby. Perhaps what distinguishes this memorial, however, is its starkness, making a poignant statement of the loss of life it commemorates, and its loftiness, which makes it a landmark structure and thus conveys its message to a wide audience.
MATERIALS Darley Dale stone, bronze
DATES Unveiling 11/04/1924

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This attractive chapel in snecked stonework is part of the suite of buildings at Gateshead East Cemetery. Apparently designed by John Dobson, it features a distinctive steeply pitched slated roof with fishscale banding, creating an impression even from a distance. Dressings are in ashlar, including water tabling (with rolled tops), kneelers and quoins, with a small turret to the northern end ascending through a rather playful projecting feature loosely based on a buttress. To either side are feature windows, each with 2 lancet lights deeply inset, with quatrefoil lights to the apex under a hood moulding with small voussoirs to the pointed arch. This design detail is replicated in the east and west doorways to the northern end, whose doors feature simple curved bracket hinges, with more decorative hinges reserved for the main western doorway set in a deep mock-gable rising from a stepped access. The remaining lancets are slender and trefoil headed, with the leaded diamond pane windows apparently still present, although covered. A vestry was added to the chapel from the materials salvaged from the porch originally built on to St. Edmund’s Chapel as a receptacle for coffins. Now used for storage.
MATERIALS Sandstone, slate, timber
ARCHITECT John Dobson(?)
BUILDER Thomas Dickinson
DATES 1862 Vestry 1870
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It is not absolutely certain that John Dobson designed the building, however, there is a reference in the committee minutes of 25th February 1861 to Dobson demanding payment for plans, surveys and preliminary arrangements for laying out the ground he had prepared. As there is no reference to anyone else preparing plans, apart from Mr Lamb for the ‘porch’ to be built onto St Edmund’s Chapel as a coffin receptacle, it would make sense that the all the original buildings, as well as the layout, were designed by Dobson. Unfortunately no plans survive. The contract for the building of the chapel was let at £100, and was reported complete by 13th May 1862. Thomas Dickinson, who built the chapel, also apparently undertook the contract for the boundary walls and palisading.
The research assistance of Caroline Harrop is gratefully acknowledged.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This attractive chapel in snecked stonework is part of the suite of buildings at Gateshead East Cemetery, although it was built slightly later. Based on the design of the original non-conformist chapel (apparently designed by John Dobson), it features the same steeply pitched slated roof with fishscale banding, which elevates the design above the norm. Dressings are in ashlar, including water tabling (with rolled tops), kneelers and quoins, but unfortunately the small turret to the west end has been lost. A solid porch to the front boasts a deeply moulded pointed archway and timber doors on decorative iron hinges. The lancets are slender and trefoil headed, although the windows have unfortunately been reinstated as poor imitations in its recent conversion to residential accommodation. The dramatic light in the gable is deeply inset, with simple pointed lancets and carved roundel details under a hood moulding with small voussoirs to the pointed arch. This is mirrored in the smaller, 2 light version to the gabled section to the north. Rooflights have also been inserted which are not as sensitive as they might have been – however, the condition of the building has been improved since the conversion to residential use.
MATERIALS Sandstone, slate, timber
ARCHITECT Based on John Dobson design (?)
BUILDER Harrison & Lowe
DATES 1868/9 Opened for use 17th March 1869
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This chapel was built later because originally the Cemetery Board had an agreement with the Churchwardens at St Edmund’s Chapel to use that building for Church of England services. However, with a staff changeover, there was a great deal of tension between the 2 parties and the agreement fell through.
The research assistance of Caroline Harrop is gratefully acknowledged.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This attractive and substantial 2 storey lodge building, constructed in snecked stonework as the Superintendent’s House with offices, is part of the suite of buildings at Gateshead East Cemetery. It is positioned right at the entrance of the cemetery, making it very prominent, and was clearly designed to make an impression as people entered the cemetery, not least through the large pointed arched gateway marking the pedestrian entrance. The principal façade, to the north, exhibits several gables, with a large one fronting a wing, perpendicular to the main range, with 2 smaller gables surmounting first floor windows. The pattern is repeated, though with less depth, to the opposite elevation. On the western gable, fronting the main entrance, there is an elaborate and well-carved datestone, featuring the Gateshead crest and a goat figure (sadly rather disfigured now) within a roundel, and a broad arched window below. Solid ashlar chimneys grace the slate roof (with triangulate detail at the base to the west), and the water tabling has a rolled apex detail common with the other cemetery buildings. The mainly square-headed windows (plus a pointed arched lancet) have unfortunately been replaced with plastic casements, but the moulded solid lintels and cills remain, with chamfered edges also included to the stones forming the jambs. Overall, it a large and good quality example of a cemetery lodge building that truly enhances its setting. MATERIALS Sandstone, slate, timber
ARCHITECT John Dobson (?)
BUILDER John Harrison
DATES 1862
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The house was part of the package of benefits of the job, along with coals, gas and water and an annual salary of £79.
It is not absolutely certain that John Dobson designed the building, however, there is a reference in the committee minutes of 25th February 1861 to Dobson demanding payment for plans, surveys and preliminary arrangements for laying out the ground he had prepared. As there is no reference to anyone else preparing plans, apart from Mr Lamb for the ‘porch’ to be built onto St Edmund’s Chapel as a coffin receptacle, it would make sense that the all the original buildings, as well as the layout, were designed by Dobson. Unfortunately no plans survive.
The contract for the building of the superintendent’s house and gardener’s house was let to Mr John Harrison for £100, and the work was reported complete on 6th March 1862.
The research assistance of Caroline Harrop is gratefully acknowledged. FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS
It would be positive if the plastic windows could be replaced with more appropriate timber sliding sash windows.

DESCRIPTION
Late 40s/early 50s. Brick with stone dressings and felt roof. New windows.
DATES 1940s/early 50s.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Good example of period. Nice features including hoppers. Built with a building licence using rationed materials.
Demolished c. 2018 (Google Earth aerial imagery).

Named as "Union Court" on Ordnance Survey first edition map {1}.
DESCRIPTION
Late 18th century altered. Random stone, large quoins and quoined windows. Welsh slate roofs. Two storeys; two, two and one bays. Openings modern.