Tyne and Wear HER(5256): Elswick Park - Details
5256
Newcastle
Elswick Park
Elswick
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Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Park
Public Park
Early Modern
C19
Structure
In 1878 Elswick Hall (SMR 1864) was purchased by the Corporation to display sculpture by John Graham Lough and Matthew Noble. Mr. A.M. Fowler laid out an ornamental lake, croquet lawn, walks, lodges and other features. In 1981 a swimming pool was built in the park {1}. Tomlinson said that this park had much larger and older trees than Leazes Park. It had a lake, bowling green, rockery, a terrace in front of the aviaries, with a fine granite drinking fountain erected by subscription in 1881, in recognition of Joseph Cowen, Thomas Forster, Thomas Gray, T. Hodgkin, William Smith and William H. Stephenson, who had been instrumental in procuring the park for the people of Newcastle.
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<< HER 5256 >> F. Green, 1995, A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, p 44; W.W. Tomlinson, 1888, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Northumberland