Sunniside, Gateshead Road, cottage

HER Number:
16351

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sunniside, Gateshead Road, cottage

Place:
Sunniside

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
On the opposite side of the road to Loosing Hill (HER 8181) was a whitewashed cottage. This is visible on Fryer's enclosure map of 1805. This was the home of Billy and Lottie Brabban. He worked at Marley Hill Coke Ovens until his death in 1932. Lottie worked in the farmer's fields. She could handle horses and drive a carriage. The new wood planted by the Woodland Trust in the meadow behind Loosing Hill has been named Lottie's Wood in her honour. Now the site of a pair of police houses.

Easting:
2119

Northing:
5904

Grid Reference:
NZ21195904

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Loosing Hill, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/loosing.html