Newcastle, Leazes Park, two bowling greens

HER Number:
10791

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Leazes Park, two bowling greens

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Bowling Green

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The first bowling green was finished by 1887. It is still in use by Springbank Bowling Club. The second lawn was originally for croquet but this proved less popular. By 1894 the lawn was reconfigured as a second bowling green. A pavilion was built alongside. The was replaced between the wars by the present Springbank Pavilion (timber framed, painted green and white, red tiled roof). The pavilion also serves the Leazes Park Angling Association.

Easting:
2411

Northing:
6506

Grid Reference:
NZ24116506

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 37