Ryton, Elvaston Road, shops

HER Number:
12072

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Elvaston Road, shops

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shopping Parade

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A former Victorian shopping parade, now mostly converted to residential use, but their fronts have been retained. One of the shops has an oriel window topped by a turret with a spire. It was built as an observatory.

Easting:
1532

Northing:
6467

Grid Reference:
NZ15326467

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ryton Conservation Area, pp 9-11