Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.The home of John Spencer, of Newburn Steelworks (HER 4231) and his family. With cottages for the coachman, gardener, farm steward, dairy maid etc. Set in a circle.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on tithe map of 1847 as Whorlton House. Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The home of John Spencer, of Newburn Steelworks (HER 4231) and his family. Demolished in the 20th century and replaced with a nursing home of the same name. There was an earlier house on the same site (HER 11591). Developed into a country house by the 19th century with associated outbuildings, stables, a home farm, a walled garden, set in a square park planted with trees and accessed by a carriage road and footpath from the Butterlaw road.
Site Name
Whorlton Hall
Site Type: Specific
Country House
HER Number
6881
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 6881 >>Whorlton Tithe Map 1847 (Woodhorn NRO DT 509 M); Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; St. John's Church, Whorlton - A living history of the church and its people 1866-2004
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
DAY2
31
District
Newcastle
Easting
419600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built in 1860. There were a number of stone buildings to the rear (used as a key cutting workshop, cobblers and fencing contractors). These were demolished in 2008 despite being on the Local List. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Primrose Cottage is a neat example of a Victorian cottage and outbuildings. Built in the late 19th Century, it was a farm workers house on Red Cow Farm. Until the 1890s, when it became Westerhope, the area was known as Red Cow Farm Estate. The cottage is two storeys high with a Dutch style roof and has stone sills and lintels. The extension on the cottage has the name ‘Primrose Cottage’ carved into it. The outbuildings are single storey, with both pan tiled and corrugated iron roofing.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Built in 1860. In the 1890s the Dickinson family lived here. There were a number of stone buildings to the rear (used as a key cutting workshop, cobblers and fencing contractors). These were demolished in 2008 despite being on the Local List.
Site Name
Primrose Cottage, Stamfordham Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6880
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6880 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope, cover photo and p 3
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2007
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
419560
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Westerhope
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. After leasing land in 1890 to create the Nuns Moor Allotment Gardens, the Northern Allotment Society, whose aim was "To further the growth of fruit and flowers and the cultivation of smallholdings with objects borth educational and practical", purchased part of the Red Cow Farm from the Montagu (Lord Rokeby) family of East Denton Hall. Their purpose was to divide the land into lots, for smallholdings and dwellings. In 1895/6 the Red Cow Estate was renamed Westerhope by the original freeholders to signify the fact that they had come west with hope to create a new community away from crowded Newcastle. Until the 1950s the village remained isolated from the city in the middle of agricultural land.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Red Cow is shown on a plan of 1767. Also shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. After leasing land in 1890 to create the Nuns Moor Allotment Gardens, the Northern Allotment Society, whose aim was "To further the growth of fruit and flowers and the cultivation of smallholdings with objects borth educational and practical", purchased part of the Red Cow Farm from the Montagu (Lord Rokeby) family of East Denton Hall. Their purpose was to divide the land into lots, for smallholdings and dwellings. In 1895/6 the Red Cow Estate was renamed Westerhope by the original freeholders to signify the fact that they had come west with hope to create a new community away from crowded Newcastle. Red Cow Farm was demolished by 1921.
Site Name
Red Cow Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6879
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6879 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope; I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland (Woodhorn Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24)
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
DAY2
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
418750
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567840
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whorlton
Description
Shown on tithe map of 1847. May have originally been called the Blue Bell. Held by Riddell Robson (farmer at Low Whorlton and West and East Whorlton). Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a smithy to the rear (HER 3995). The Jingling Gate Public House is still there but the 19th century building is hidden under a mock 'Tudorbethan' façade, a porch has been added, the gable end window blocked up and the sash windows replaced by plastic frames. Remodelled in mid 1930s and extended by Vaux in 1958.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on tithe map of 1847. May have originally been called the Blue Bell. Held by Riddell Robson (farmer at Low Whorlton and West and East Whorlton). Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a smithy to the rear (HER 3995). The Jingling Gate Public House is still there but the 19th century building is hidden under a mock 'Tudorbethan' façade, a porch has been added, the gable end window blocked up and the sash windows replaced by plastic frames. Remodelled in mid 1930s and extended by Vaux in 1958.
Site Name
Gingling Gate Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
6878
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6878 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850; Whorlton Tithe Map 1847 (Woodhorn NRO DT 509 M); J.T. Allison and A.D. Walton, 1989, Bygone Westerhope, p 21; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
DAY2
31
District
Newcastle
Easting
418520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567900
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whorlton
Description
Built in 1866 as a Chapel of Ease, administered by the curates of Newburn Parish. By 1896 Dr. Nowell the new vicar of Newburn had arranged for Whorlton to have a Curate in Charge so the Revd. ER Dawe took up residence at the parsonage with his young family. In 1897 a "temporary" church hall built of corrugated iron was built. A new hall was not in fact built until 1974. In 1900 the Reverend Arthur Lees from Dinnington became Vicar of Whorlton. Circa 1911 the east end of the church with the rounded apse had been demolished and a new taller sanctuary was built. The plan was then to knock down the rest of the original church to replace it with a much larger one. In preparation for this, doorways and a sanctuary arch were built. The opening above was "temporarily" bricked-up. Thankfully the old church was never demolished and the temporary infilling with house bricks still survives. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
St John’s was consecrated as a chapel of ease in the parish of Newburn in 1899. The east and south elevations have projecting crenellated ground floor extensions of 1911. These elevations are a striking feature on the church. The facades have three sets of three windows and crenellations at the top which step up in the centre to support a Celtic cross. The facades also have buttresses projecting for them and steps leading up to off-centre doors. These unusual church features add character to the fine building.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built in 1866 as a Chapel of Ease, administered by the curates of Newburn Parish. By 1896 Dr Nowell the new vicar of Newburn had arranged for Whorlton to have a Curate in Charge so the Revd. ER Dawe took up residence at the parsonage with his young family. In 1897 a "temporary" church hall built of corrugated iron was built. A new hall was not in fact built until 1974. In 1900 the Reverend Arthur Lees from Dinnington became Vicar of Whorlton. Circa 1911 the east end of the church with the rounded apse had been demolished and a new taller sanctuary was built. The plan was then to knock down the rest of the original church to replace it with a much larger one. In preparation for this, doorways and a sanctuary arch were built. The opening above was "temporarily" bricked-up. Thankfully the old church was never demolished and the temporary infilling with house bricks still survives.
Site Name
Church of St. John
Site Type: Specific
Chapel of Ease
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6877
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6877 >> St. John's Church, Whorlton - A living history of the church and its people 1866-2004
SURVIVAL
60-79%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2007
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
304
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435320
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570710
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Early Prehistoric -1,000 000 to -4,000
Place
Marden
Description
In August 2003, a human skull was found whilst digging a flower bed adjacent to the rear outhouse extension of the property. This area was previously covered with mature bushes which had been in place for many years, possibly since the house was built in 1951. The skull was in a very good state of preservation, minus the lower jaw and front incisors. A discoid fracure on the right cheek was caused by the garden fork when the skull was unearthed. It was examined by a police pathologist who pronounced it to be of considerable antiquity at which point the County Archaeologist was informed. The site was photographed and then cleaned back by trowel. The skull was within and underlain by modern garden soil and building material. The close proximity to the Marden cropmark enclosure (HER 304) strongly suggests a late prehistoric or Romano-British date for the skull. The find-spot is 100 metres south-west of the southern boundary of the site excavated by George Jobey in 1961. As the skull lay within modern garden soil it was clearly not in-situ, but probably derived from somewhere nearby. The most probable origin is a burial site associated with the enclosure which was disturbed when the semi-detached houses were built on Ennerdale/Solway/Kirklington Road estate. The skull was probably incorporated with the top soil which was subsequently put back into the rear garden when building work was complete. Deposited with the Museum of Antiquities.
Site Type: Broad
Human Remains
SITEDESC
In August 2003, a human skull was found whilst digging a flower bed adjacent to the rear outhouse extension of the property. This area was previously covered with mature bushes which had been in place for many years, possibly since the house was built in 1951. The skull was in a very good state of preservation, minus the lower jaw and front incisors. A discoid fracure on the right cheek was caused by the garden fork when the skull was unearthed. It was examined by a police pathologist who pronounced it to be of considerable antiquity at which point the County Archaeologist was informed. The site was photographed and then cleaned back by trowel. The skull was within and underlain by modern garden soil and building material. The close proximity to the Marden cropmark enclosure (HER 304) strongly suggests a late prehistoric or Romano-British date for the skull. The find-spot is 100m south-west of the southern boundary of the site excavated by George Jobey in 1961. As the skull lay within modern garden soil it was clearly not in-situ, but probably derived from somewhere nearby. The most probable origin is a burial site associated with the enclosure which was disturbed when the semi-detached houses were built on Ennerdale/Solway/Kirklington Road estate. The skull was probably incorporated with the top soil which was subsequently put back into the rear garden when building work was complete. Deposited with the Museum of Antiquities.
Site Name
Kirklington Road, human skull
Site Type: Specific
Human Remains
HER Number
6876
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 6876 >> D. Heslop, County Archaeologist, 2003, Site Visit to Kirklington Road, Marden, North Tyneside, 3rd September 2003
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
DAY2
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
424220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. William Cole was licensee in the late C19. The Newcastle Harriers running club was formed here in 1887. They no longer survive. The Lord Hill (previously the Hound Inn) closed in 1966 to be replaced by the Magpie and Blue Star Club. The Lord Hill was the first changing room for St James' Park, as the licensee was a member of the football club's board. Site now car park.
Site Type: Broad
Inn
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. William Cole was licensee in the late C19. The Newcastle Harriers running club was formed here in 1887. They no longer survive. The Lord Hill (previously the Hound Inn) closed in 1966 to be replaced by the Magpie and Blue Star Club. The Lord Hill was the first changing room for St James' Park, as the licensee was a member of the football club's board. Site now car park.
Site Name
Pitt Street, Lord Hill Inn (Hound Inn)
Site Type: Specific
Inn
HER Number
6875
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6875 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to the present day, p 24; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 15; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424200
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564430
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Gallowgate, Confectionary Works
Site Type: Specific
Confectionery Works
HER Number
6874
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6874 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424240
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564430
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Gallowgate Flour Mill
Site Type: Specific
Flour Mill
HER Number
6873
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6873 >> Ordnance Survey first edition map, 1850
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564430
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Owned by Vaux. Its landlord for a while was Mr JP Watt, the son of Newcastle United's secretary Frank Watt. In 1903 the Northern Gossip invited football fans to take refreshments here before or after matches. The pub lost its licence in 1929.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Owned by Vaux. Its landlord for a while was Mr JP Watt, the son of Newcastle United's secretary Frank Watt. In 1903 the Northern Gossip invited football fans to take refreshments here before or after matches. The pub lost its licence in 1929.
Site Name
Gallowgate, Bay Horse Inn
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
6872
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9