Gosforth, The Bridlepath, Gosforth Golf Club

HER Number:
16860

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, The Bridlepath, Gosforth Golf Club

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Golf Club

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Formed in 1905. The Bridlepath course opened in 1906. Its first clubhouse was a wooden hut bought for £40 from the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. In 1909 a ladies pavilion was added. In 1912 the club's vice president and City Surveyor, FH Holford was asked to design a larger clubhouse. It cost £1200. Male members were asked to pay an annual levy of one guinea for five years, female members, half a guinea. In July 1913 within weeks of the clubhouse's opening, an unexploded bomb was found nearby. The culprits were thought to be suffragettes from the Women's Social and Political Union, who had been attacking male dominated sports clubs. Holford's pavilion has been altered and extended. Trees have been planted which has created a peaceful countryside setting for the course.

Easting:
2495

Northing:
6913

Grid Reference:
NZ24956913

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 52, 60