Gosforth, Gosforth Park, boat house

HER Number:
15577

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Gosforth Park, boat house

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Building

Site Type: Specific:
Boat House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Ruined Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Ruined remains of the boat house still existed in 2004. Moss-covered bricks and sandstone. In 1986 a fishing or rowing boat was found in the peat (HER 1837).

Easting:
2543

Northing:
7043

Grid Reference:
NZ25437043

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition, 1861; Thompson, Roy, 1996, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-1865, photo of lake 109, photos of boat-house p 110