North Shields, Barracks

HER Number:
1971

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Barracks

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Military Residence

Site Type: Specific:
Barracks

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18?

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Barracks dating to before 1792. The barracks were made up of a square of cottages (Percy Square) built during the French Wars, when invasion was a daily expectation. Many of the cottages collapsed onto the shore - over a quarter of a million tons of earth used to subside annually onto the beach [1929]. The rest were demolished and replaced by new houses around 1929 which accomodated residents from condemned properties in the borough.

Easting:
3645

Northing:
6896

Grid Reference:
NZ36456896

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1971 >> J. Douet, 1998, British Barracks, 1600-1914, p 68; Shields Daily News 1 July 1929 and 2 July 1929