The Tower and Gate House, West Lane
The Tower and Gate House, West Lane
HER Number
11371
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
The Tower and Gate House, West Lane
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Two castellated houses built in 1929, said locally to be the earliest concrete dwellings in the country. Thought to have been the design of Henry Eagle, who lived in Killingworth House opposite. [See also Shilling House, Westgate Road, Newcastle].
Easting
428240
Northing
570900
Grid Reference
NZ428240570900
Sources
Maurice Milne, 2003, Ye Historie of Killingworth, second edition, Killingworth Local History Society; North Tyneside Council, 2008, Killingworth Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, 1999, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth; W.G. Elliott, 2000, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square; W.G. Elliott, 2002, The Parish and Church of St. Bartholomew, Long Benton - A Social History