Beacon Hill Cottage
Beacon Hill Cottage
HER Number
19152
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Beacon Hill Cottage
Place
Beacon Lough
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Beacon Hill Cottage is shown on Bell's map of 1835 and on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map on the east side of Old Durham Road, with a narrow strip of land attached to the northeast. It survived until the later 20th century but was demolished for a housing development.
Easting
427028
Northing
559750
Grid Reference
NZ427028559750
Sources
John Bell 1835 'Plan of the borough of Gateshead in the county of Durham...';
Ordnance Survey First Edition map
Ordnance Survey First Edition map