Brandling Laundry

HER Number

5656

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brandling Laundry

Place

Brandling Village

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Laundry

Site Type: Specific

Laundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Brick laundry building recorded in 1991. Now demolished. The building was originally a Wesleyan Chapel built in 1827 and shown on Oliver's map of 1830. It was converted into a laundry in the 1890s and continued in use for 60 years. Ordnance Survey maps show the expansion of the building in the 20th century.

Easting

425062

Northing

565648

Grid Reference

NZ425062565648

Sources

<< HER 5656 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1992; Alan Morgan, 2007, Victorian Panorama: A visit to Newcastle upon Tyne in the Reign of Queen Victoria; Newcastle City Libraries, 1987, Bygone Jesmond