Newcastle, Garth Heads Improved Housing

HER Number:
4324

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Garth Heads Improved Housing

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Industrial House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
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

Easting:
2552

Northing:
6421

Grid Reference:
NZ25526421

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< 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