Tyne and Wear HER(16855): Gosforth, Three Mile Inn Course, City of Newcastle Golf Club - Details
16855
Newcastle
Gosforth, Three Mile Inn Course, City of Newcastle Golf Club
Gosforth
NZ26NW
Recreational
Sports Site
Golf Club
Modern
C20
Structure
Relocated here from the Town Moor in 1907. Cackett & Burns Dick (who designed the Laing Art Gallery and Spanish City) designed the new clubhouse. It is based on a butterfly plan, with a verandah looking out west. During the 1920s the verandah was replaced by a sun lounge, which has compromised the original charm. There is a stuffed crow inside the clubhouse. The club secretary's ball from the first tee, hit the bird in mid flight at the course's opening in August 1907. In 1963 Waring & Netts of Gosforth drew up plans for a glass and steel clubhouse with a ten storey block of flats above. Permission was refused by Gosforth Urban District Council.
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6967
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Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 50, 52, 59