Benwell, glasshouse

HER Number:
16623

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, glasshouse

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Building

Site Type: Specific:
Glasshouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Building to east of Benwell Tower shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey 1859. A 1913 photograph revealed that the building was a glass-sided gazebo. It was still extant in 1937.

Easting:
2120

Northing:
6451

Grid Reference:
NZ21206451

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services, 2010, The Mitre, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; First Edition Ordnance Survey 1859