Newcastle, Ellison Place, No. 5, reinforced concrete cottage

HER Number:
15540

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Ellison Place, No. 5, reinforced concrete cottage

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
William Boutland Wilkinson lived in No. 5 Saville Place (HER 9102). In 1854 he built a pioneering patent reinforced-concrete cottage in the garden in 1854. The concrete was reinforced using rope. The cottage was demolished in 1954.

Easting:
2516

Northing:
6471

Grid Reference:
NZ25166471

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190; Pers Comm John Grundy; J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955