Walker, Walker Road, council houses

HER Number:
12739

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Walker Road, council houses

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Council House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Newcastle's first council houses were built on Walker Road to standards established from 1903 by Ebenezer Howard's Garden City Movement in Letchworth, Herts. The Walker Road houses have been demolished.

Easting:
284

Northing:
656

Grid Reference:
NZ284656

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, page 32