Crosslings, Coast Road

HER Number

9853

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Crosslings, Coast Road

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific

Factory

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

This building on the Coast Road formerly belonged to Smiths potato crisps, pioneers in the development of flavoured crisps. Designed in a 1930s commercial style, the building is two storeys high with a largely flat roof. It is constructed in brick, with additional white tile on its facade. Green ‘Crisps’ signs are still visible on the present building, which is currently occupied by Crossling, a plumbers and engineers merchants. LOCAL LIST

Easting

427920

Northing

566720

Grid Reference

NZ427920566720

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document