Bensham, Villa Place
Bensham, Villa Place
HER Number
12061
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bensham, Villa Place
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Austere red brick terraces in a narrow street, built in the 1890s in the garden of Woodbine Villa (HER 7638). The few few houses have been converted into the Wutan Kungfu Institute and have lost most of their original detail.
Easting
425230
Northing
562430
Grid Reference
NZ425230562430
Sources
Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31