Jesmond, Osborne Road (west side)

HER Number:
13440

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Osborne Road (west side)

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
The terrace of houses between Holly Avenue West and Lily Avenue were completed around 1882. Residents tended to be local businessmen and professional people. After World War II they were divied up into flats and apartments. The exception is the corner property on Holly Avenue West. This house was the home of an engineer, but later it became a doctor's surgery and is Holly Medical Group today. On its gable end is a decorated slab with the rod of Asclepius (Greek God of Medicine) entwined by a serpent. This is the international symbol of medicine and the emblem of the NHS.

Easting:
2534

Northing:
6614

Grid Reference:
NZ25346614

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 95