Jesmond, Jesmond Road, Jesmond Villas (Swallow Hotel)

HER Number:
11421

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Jesmond Road, Jesmond Villas (Swallow Hotel)

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Semi Detached House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Pre 1844 villas integrated into the 1960s Swallow Hotel. Shown as the Imperial Hotel on OS third edition map of 1919. The 1960s building is an uninspiring modern development with an imposing, box-like cantilevered structure protruding over the street line. Damaged by fire in 2008.

Easting:
2553

Northing:
6552

Grid Reference:
NZ25536552

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2007, South Jesmond Conservation Area Character Statement, p 25; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 120