Ouseburn, Lime Street, Nos. 2 & 4 and the Mill House

HER Number:
11280

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Ouseburn, Lime Street, Nos. 2 & 4 and the Mill House

Place:
Ouseburn

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A two-storey property whose ground floor and entrance was lower than the level of the road. Both number 2 and number 4 were single-roomed dwelling occupied by 2 or 3 adults. Mill House was a much taller structure, with four rooms, built into a steep bank. The occupant was Elizabeth Carr, recorded in the 1891 census as a 'bread sampler-baker' who worked at the nearby flour mill (HER 5161). In 1901 she was caretaker of the flour mill. In 1891 there were a total of 15 rooms occupied by 37 people, including a carter, a chain horse driver, an earthenware presser, two transferrers in an earthenware manufactory, a road paver, a blacksmith, a labourer. Behind Mill House was Dolman's Yard.

Easting:
2621

Northing:
6459

Grid Reference:
NZ26216459

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ouseburn Heritage Magasine, Summer 2003, pages 12-14