Tyne and Wear HER(4324): Newcastle, Garth Heads Improved Housing - Details
4324
Newcastle
Newcastle, Garth Heads Improved Housing
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Domestic
Industrial House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Garth Heads Improved Housing were industrial workers dwellings, built in 1869 for the Newcastle upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd. The building, which was extended in 1878 is probably the earliest example of philanthropic industrial housing in the city. LISTED GRADE 2
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6421
NZ25526421
<< HER 4324 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NE
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.74; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 32 and 131