Killingworth, West Lane, The Tower and Gate House

HER Number:
11371

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, West Lane, The Tower and Gate House

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Two castellated houses built in 1929, said locally to be the earliest concrete dwellings in the country. Thought to have been the design of Henry Eagle, who lived in Killingworth House opposite. [See also Shilling House, Westgate Road, Newcastle].

Easting:
2824

Northing:
7090

Grid Reference:
NZ28247090

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Maurice Milne, 2003, Ye Historie of Killingworth, second edition, Killingworth Local History Society; North Tyneside Council, 2008, Killingworth Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, 1999, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth; W.G. Elliott, 2000, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square; W.G. Elliott, 2002, The Parish and Church of St. Bartholomew, Long Benton - A Social History