North View, Temple's Folly (Heaton Electric Palace)

North View, Temple's Folly (Heaton Electric Palace)

HER Number
11336
District
Newcastle
Site Name
North View, Temple's Folly (Heaton Electric Palace)
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Large house near Heaton Station, known locally as "Temple's Folly" (it was never occupied as a house due to a law suit following the death of William Temple). It was used for storage. Later purchased by a syndicate for use as assembly and recreation rooms. Photographs show it to have been quite a grand brick property with gabled roof and two chimney stacks each with up to five chimney pots.
Easting
426930
Northing
565110
Grid Reference
NZ426930565110
Sources
Newcastle Local Studies Library, Hayler Newspaper Cuttings, Vol 1, p 87, "Temple's Folly - sale of a familiar Heaton Landmark"; Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 79-80; Heaton History Group, http://heatonhistorygroup.org/tag/peoples-theatre/