These gates were erected as the Gosforth War Memorial. They are wooden with iron fittings. Plaques on the gateposts read ‘MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRE’ (left hand gate from Church Road) and ‘ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AS THE GOSFORTH WAR MEMORIAL’(right hand gate from Church Road).

Built in 1958.

Built in 1957.

There were 196 flats in four T-shaped blocks with communal roof-top walking areas, at Barn Close. An early example of ambitious and futuristic high rise concrete-based housing. The building scheme was combined with slum clearance. The development at Barn Close cost £548,141 11s 6d - more expensive than traditional housing. Completed in 1956 {1}. Built in 1955. More tower blocks of 1958 east of these beyond Gateshead Highway {2}. High density estate with slab blocks {McCombie}.

In 1954 there was a shortage of traditional building materials in Britain, especially bricks. In Gateshead a number of concrete houses were therefore built between 1952 and 1954. 150 'Dorran' semi-detached houses were built at Rose Street, Carr Hill Road, at Black Hill and elsewhere.

In 1954 there was a shortage of traditional building materials in Britain, especially bricks. In Gateshead a number of concrete houses were therefore built between 1952 and 1954. A modest 'Orlit' block of 18 flats was built in Saltwell Road.

Between 1923 and 1927 a new estate of 204 council houses was built at Bensham. The estate had electricity, with an electric cooker in the scullery. Most houses were semi-detached pairs. Some were of artificial stone rubble, most were brick. All had stone or concrete lintels. Projecting bays had gablets with a cross motif in raised brick. Different styles of house in alternating pairs avoided uniformity but retained symmetry. Low concrete panel fencing around front gardens. E.g. Ascot Crescent.

A new council estate of 360 houses (later increased to 650) on a 30 acre site was proposed in 1919, prompted by the Addison Acts of the same year, which compelled local authorities to assess housing needs and build new houses for rent. Each house was to have a scullery, larder, coal store and bath and indoor WC. The estate was to be laid out to create semi-rural pleasant vistas with trees, grassed areas and shrubbery. Richard Wylie RIBA laid out the estate and built the houses. 202 houses were finished in 1922. The rest of the estate was finished by the end of 1923. The Carr Hill estate had a main street (Broadway), three cross streets (The Avenue, Pottersway and Crossway) and a few cul-de-sacs to fill the angles. Houses were semi-detached or terraces of four or eight with covered passages giving access to rear gardens. Terrace-end houses often projected forward and had steep gables or hips to the street. All houses had a living room with cooking range, a scullery with gas cooker, a larder and coal store with external chute. Most had three bedrooms, a few had four. All had a bath and WC on ground floor. 1923-1927 another 342 houses and 7 shops were built. These houses had electricity and an electric cooker in the scullery. They were different in style to the earlier houses. Almost all were semi-detached pairs. Only two terraces were built, on Broadway. A harder red brick was used and many were rendered on the first floor.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1876-90. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic.

Large spacious terraced houses built 1896-1900. Occupied by professionals such as surgeons, solicitors, accountants, engineers, manufacturers and shopkeepers. Many were two storeys with a basement and attic {1}. Red brick terrace with sandstone door and window cases and cornices. Bushy privet hedges separate the gardens from the pavements and from each other {2}.