Walker Road, council houses

HER Number

12739

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker Road, council houses

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Council House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Newcastle's first council houses were built on Walker Road to standards established from 1903 by Ebenezer Howard's Garden City Movement in Letchworth, Herts. The Walker Road houses have been demolished.

Easting

428400

Northing

565600

Grid Reference

NZ428400565600

Sources

Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, page 32