Aged Miners' Cottages

HER Number

12033

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Aged Miners' Cottages

Place

Marley Hill

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Almshouse

Site Type: Specific

Almshouse

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

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

420430

Northing

558170

Grid Reference

NZ420430558170

Sources

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