Westerhope, Rogerson, Boyd and Beaumont Terraces

HER Number:
15680

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westerhope, Rogerson, Boyd and Beaumont Terraces

Place:
Westerhope

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Rogerson, Boyd and Beaumont Terraces surrounded 'The Square'. They were built on the site of Red Cow Farm (HER 6879). The terraces are named after directors of North Walbottle Coal Company and the Beaumont coal seam. Beaumont Terrace was built 1901-10 by the coal company. The coal seam was named after Huntington Beaumont who introduced bore rods for detecting coal seams to the north in the 17th century. The back yard walls of the terrace show the former location of the earth closets and coalhouses.

Easting:
1956

Northing:
6733

Grid Reference:
NZ19566733

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope, 2 and 16