Marley Hill, Aged Miners' Cottages

HER Number:
12033

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Marley Hill, Aged Miners' Cottages

Place:
Marley Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Residential Building

Site Type: Specific:
Almshouse

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Eight cottages were built in the 1930s. They are semi-detached and single storey. A stone plaque records their opening by Lord Glamis in 1937. The cottages are set back off the road and grouped in a crescent around an open space.

Easting:
2043

Northing:
5817

Grid Reference:
NZ20435817

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Marley Hill Conservation Area, p 36