Jesmond, Jesmond Towers, laundry

HER Number:
14786

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Jesmond Towers, laundry

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Agricultural Building

Site Type: Specific:
Farm Building

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Early to mid 19th century farm outbuilding. Single storey. Sandstone. Later used as a school laundry. Mural of school children painted on gable end {1}. The laundry building is set well below the level of the convent (HER14787) and the old farm buildings. Inside the buildings show no sign of any other use other than the schools laundry. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.

Easting:
2534

Northing:
6719

Grid Reference:
NZ25346719

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 67-8; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording