Garth Heads Improved Housing
Garth Heads Improved Housing
HER Number
4324
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Garth Heads Improved Housing
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Industrial House
Site Type: Specific
Workers Cottage
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
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
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