Newcastle, Gallowgate, coach house

HER Number:
6434

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Gallowgate, coach house

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coach House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A coach house and stable was in existence (possibly newly built) in 1730, when Thomas Armstrong, Hostman was granted a lease. The ground to the east was enclosed and described as "a waste". On Armstrong's death it passed to his administrator, also Thomas Armstrong, and Rev. Henry Wastell, who conveyed the building to Joseph Bell of Ryall, Northumberland, in 1759. By 1785 the building had become a slaughterhouse with a "dunghill" on one side, owned by the Mayor, Edward Mosley.

Easting:
2437

Northing:
6438

Grid Reference:
NZ24376438

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 1999, Hanro, Gallowgate Development - Archaeological Assessment