Byker, Dalton Street, pigeon crees

HER Number:
17039

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Dalton Street, pigeon crees

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Animal House

Site Type: Specific:
Pigeon Cree

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A small cluster of crees back onto Dalton Street, in the cutting of an old waggonway (HER 2146). These are home-made lofts, built of salvaged materials. A variety of colours and shapes.

Easting:
2677

Northing:
6444

Grid Reference:
NZ26776444

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 152