5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage
5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage
HER Number
15540
District
Newcastle
Site Name
5 Ellison Place, reinforced concrete cottage
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
William Boutland Wilkinson lived in No. 5 Saville Place (HER 9102). In 1854 he built a pioneering patent reinforced-concrete cottage in the garden in 1854. The concrete was reinforced using rope. The cottage was demolished in 1954.
Easting
425160
Northing
564710
Grid Reference
NZ425160564710
Sources
Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190; Pers Comm John Grundy; J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle; Vindomora Solutions, 2021 Ellison Terrace, 1-5 Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological building recording
upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955
upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955