Tyne and Wear HER(13440): Jesmond, Osborne Road (west side) - Details
13440
Newcastle
Jesmond, Osborne Road (west side)
Jesmond
NZ26NE
Domestic
Multiple Dwelling
Terrace
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
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.
2534
6614
NZ25346614
Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 95