<< HER 6887 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
419800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566890
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Stone Cottage
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6886
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6886 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
419750
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Highfield
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6885
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6885 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418790
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
West Denton
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Now site of a covered reservoir.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Now the site of a covered reservoir.
Site Name
Denton Hill Head
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6884
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6884 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1301
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568970
parish
Woolsington
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Butterlaw
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Butterlaw Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6883
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6883 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568650
parish
Woolsington
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whorlton
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built in 1878. Now Whorlton House.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Built in 1878. Now Whorlton House.
Site Name
Whorlton, Board School
Site Type: Specific
Board School
HER Number
6882
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6882 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; St. John's Church, Whorlton - A living history of the church and its people 1866-2004
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4231
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568560
parish
Woolsington
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whorlton
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.The home of John Spencer, of Newburn Steelworks (HER 4231) and his family. With cottages for the coachman, gardener, farm steward, dairy maid etc. Set in a circle.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on tithe map of 1847 as Whorlton House. Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The home of John Spencer, of Newburn Steelworks (HER 4231) and his family. Demolished in the 20th century and replaced with a nursing home of the same name. There was an earlier house on the same site (HER 11591). Developed into a country house by the 19th century with associated outbuildings, stables, a home farm, a walled garden, set in a square park planted with trees and accessed by a carriage road and footpath from the Butterlaw road.
Site Name
Whorlton Hall
Site Type: Specific
Country House
HER Number
6881
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 6881 >>Whorlton Tithe Map 1847 (Woodhorn NRO DT 509 M); Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; St. John's Church, Whorlton - A living history of the church and its people 1866-2004
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
DAY2
31
District
Newcastle
Easting
419600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built in 1860. There were a number of stone buildings to the rear (used as a key cutting workshop, cobblers and fencing contractors). These were demolished in 2008 despite being on the Local List. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Primrose Cottage is a neat example of a Victorian cottage and outbuildings. Built in the late 19th Century, it was a farm workers house on Red Cow Farm. Until the 1890s, when it became Westerhope, the area was known as Red Cow Farm Estate. The cottage is two storeys high with a Dutch style roof and has stone sills and lintels. The extension on the cottage has the name ‘Primrose Cottage’ carved into it. The outbuildings are single storey, with both pan tiled and corrugated iron roofing.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Built in 1860. In the 1890s the Dickinson family lived here. There were a number of stone buildings to the rear (used as a key cutting workshop, cobblers and fencing contractors). These were demolished in 2008 despite being on the Local List.
Site Name
Primrose Cottage, Stamfordham Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6880
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6880 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope, cover photo and p 3
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2007
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
419560
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. After leasing land in 1890 to create the Nuns Moor Allotment Gardens, the Northern Allotment Society, whose aim was "To further the growth of fruit and flowers and the cultivation of smallholdings with objects borth educational and practical", purchased part of the Red Cow Farm from the Montagu (Lord Rokeby) family of East Denton Hall. Their purpose was to divide the land into lots, for smallholdings and dwellings. In 1895/6 the Red Cow Estate was renamed Westerhope by the original freeholders to signify the fact that they had come west with hope to create a new community away from crowded Newcastle. Until the 1950s the village remained isolated from the city in the middle of agricultural land.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Red Cow is shown on a plan of 1767. Also shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. After leasing land in 1890 to create the Nuns Moor Allotment Gardens, the Northern Allotment Society, whose aim was "To further the growth of fruit and flowers and the cultivation of smallholdings with objects borth educational and practical", purchased part of the Red Cow Farm from the Montagu (Lord Rokeby) family of East Denton Hall. Their purpose was to divide the land into lots, for smallholdings and dwellings. In 1895/6 the Red Cow Estate was renamed Westerhope by the original freeholders to signify the fact that they had come west with hope to create a new community away from crowded Newcastle. Red Cow Farm was demolished by 1921.
Site Name
Red Cow Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6879
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6879 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope; I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland (Woodhorn Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24)
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
DAY2
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418750
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567840
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whorlton
Description
Shown on tithe map of 1847. May have originally been called the Blue Bell. Held by Riddell Robson (farmer at Low Whorlton and West and East Whorlton). Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a smithy to the rear (HER 3995). The Jingling Gate Public House is still there but the 19th century building is hidden under a mock 'Tudorbethan' façade, a porch has been added, the gable end window blocked up and the sash windows replaced by plastic frames. Remodelled in mid 1930s and extended by Vaux in 1958.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on tithe map of 1847. May have originally been called the Blue Bell. Held by Riddell Robson (farmer at Low Whorlton and West and East Whorlton). Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a smithy to the rear (HER 3995). The Jingling Gate Public House is still there but the 19th century building is hidden under a mock 'Tudorbethan' façade, a porch has been added, the gable end window blocked up and the sash windows replaced by plastic frames. Remodelled in mid 1930s and extended by Vaux in 1958.
Site Name
Gingling Gate Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
6878
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6878 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; Whorlton Tithe Map 1847 (Woodhorn NRO DT 509 M); J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope, p 21; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West