A new council estate of 360 houses (later increased to 650) on a 30 acre site was proposed in 1919, prompted by the Addison Acts of the same year, which compelled local authorities to assess housing needs and build new houses for rent. Each house was to have a scullery, larder, coal store and bath and indoor WC. The estate was to be laid out to create semi-rural pleasant vistas with trees, grassed areas and shrubbery. Richard Wylie RIBA laid out the estate and built the houses. 202 houses were finished in 1922. The rest of the estate was finished by the end of 1923. The Carr Hill estate had a main street (Broadway), three cross streets (The Avenue, Pottersway and Crossway) and a few cul-de-sacs to fill the angles. Houses were semi-detached or terraces of four or eight with covered passages giving access to rear gardens. Terrace-end houses often projected forward and had steep gables or hips to the street. All houses had a living room with cooking range, a scullery with gas cooker, a larder and coal store with external chute. Most had three bedrooms, a few had four. All had a bath and WC on ground floor. 1923-1927 another 342 houses and 7 shops were built. These houses had electricity and an electric cooker in the scullery. They were different in style to the earlier houses. Almost all were semi-detached pairs. Only two terraces were built, on Broadway. A harder red brick was used and many were rendered on the first floor.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1876-90. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1896-1900. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic {1}. Red brick terrace with sandstone door and window cases and cornices. Bushy privet hedges separate the gardens from the pavements and from each other {2}.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1874-5. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic {1}. Red brick terrace with sandstone door and window cases and cornices. Bushy privet hedges separate the gardens from the pavements and from each other {2}.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1875-6. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1875-1911. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic.

In 1888 the 28 acre Rodsley estate was sold for housing. The estate lay south of Whitehall Road and was laid out with a grid of streets. It was built by 1914. Eastbourne, Westbourne and Windsor Avenues were the earliest streets, spacious and with wide back lanes and cross streets. Most of the accommodation was Tyneside flats, some with corner shops at the intersection of cross streets. Most were designed by L.H. Armour, local civil engineer. Each group of flats varied, depending on the developer. Some had projecting window bays, either canted or rectangular. Some had two-roomed heated attics with dormer windows. Most had small forecourts with iron railings. These flats are larger and grander than earlier examples on Ripon Street.

In October 1866 William Affleck, developer, purchased part of the Shipcote estate. The land between Prince Consort Road and Alexandra Road was sold to him on condition that good quality houses were built to accommodate no more than two families. This was to deter multi-tenanting and over-crowding. The houses were to be Tyneside flats. The streets were named after cathedral cities (Peterborough, Worcester, Chichester, Lichfield, Ely, Lincoln, Ripon, Exeter and Hereford). The plans for Ripon Street were drawn up for George Lucas in 1876 (TWAS T311 56 1876). They were plain brick 'houses' with simple detail around doors and windows. They have neither front forecourts nor projecting bays. They are typical of the type of Tyneside flat built by private speculators for rent from the 1860s. Tenants tended to be skilled artisans, craftsmen and tradesmen. Of the 78 flats in Ripon Street in 1897-8 only two were rented by unskilled labourers. Most were tenanted by policemen, engine drivers, joiners and fitters etc. The flats had water closets - an improvement on ash closets.

In October 1866 William Affleck, developer, purchased part of the Shipcote estate. The land between Prince Consort Road and Alexandra Road was sold to him on condition that good quality houses were built to accommodate no more than two families. This was to deter multi-tenanting and over-crowding. The houses were to be Tyneside flats. The streets were named after cathedral cities (Peterborough, Worcester, Chichester, Lichfield, Ely, Lincoln, Ripon, Exeter and Hereford). The plans for Ripon Street were drawn up for George Lucas in 1876 (TWAS T311 56 1876). They were plain brick 'houses' with simple detail arouhnd doors and windows. They have neither front forecourts nor projecting bays. They are typical of the type of Tyneside flat built by private speculators for rent from the 1860s. Tenants tended to be skilled artisans, craftsmen and tradesmen. Of the 78 flats in Ripon Street in 1897-8 only two were rented by unskilled labourers. Most were tenanted by policemen, engine drivers, joiners and fitters etc. The flats had water closets - an improvement on ash closets.

In October 1866 William Affleck, developer, purchased part of the Shipcote estate. The land between Prince Consort Road and Alexandra Road was sold to him on condition that good quality houses were built to accommodate no more than two families. This was to deter multi-tenanting and over-crowding. The houses were to be Tyneside flats. The streets were named after cathedral cities (Peterborough, Worcester, Chichester, Lichfield, Ely, Lincoln, Ripon, Exeter and Hereford). The plans for Ripon Street were drawn up for George Lucas in 1876 (TWAS T311 56 1876). They were plain brick 'houses' with simple detail around doors and windows. They have neither front forecourts nor projecting bays. They are typical of the type of Tyneside flat built by private speculators for rent from the 1860s. Tenants tended to be skilled artisans, craftsmen and tradesmen. Of the 78 flats in Ripon Street in 1897-8 only two were rented by unskilled labourers. Most were tenanted by policemen, engine drivers, joiners and fitters etc. The flats had water closets - an improvement on ash closets.