Westgate Road, Young People's Unit

Westgate Road, Young People's Unit

HER Number
6344
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Young People's Unit
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map as Elswick Grange. House, now part of Newcastle General Hospital. Early to mid 19th century. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. Basement and 2 storeys. 4 steps up to central part-glazed 6-panelled door in Tuscan porch; plain sashes in architraves have cornices on ground floor and projecting sills on first floor. Giant end pilasters with incised panel. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2 corniced ridge chimneys. Flat-coped dwarf walls steps to porch. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
422720
Northing
564520
Grid Reference
NZ422720564520
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; CgMs Consulting, 2010, The campus for ageing and vitality and Tesco food store, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Statement