Elvaston Road, shops

HER Number

12072

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Elvaston Road, shops

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shopping Parade

Site Type: Specific

Shopping Parade

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A former Victorian shopping parade, now mostly converted to residential use, but their fronts have been retained. One of the shops has an oriel window topped by a turret with a spire. It was built as an observatory.

Easting

415320

Northing

564670

Grid Reference

NZ415320564670

Sources

Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ryton Conservation Area, pp 9-11