Heaton, North View, Temple's Folly (Heaton Electric Palace)

HER Number:
11336

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton, North View, Temple's Folly (Heaton Electric Palace)

Place:
Heaton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Large house near Heaton Station, known locally as "Temple's Folly" (it was never occupied as a house due to a law suit following the death of William Temple). It was used for storage. Later purchased by a syndicate for use as assembly and recreation rooms. Photographs show it to have been quite a grand brick property with gabled roof and two chimney stacks each with up to five chimney pots.

Easting:
2693

Northing:
6511

Grid Reference:
NZ26936511

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle Local Studies Library, Hayler Newspaper Cuttings, Vol 1, p 87, "Temple's Folly - sale of a familiar Heaton Landmark"; Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 79-80; Heaton History Group, http://heatonhistorygroup.org/tag/peoples-theatre/