Gosforth Park, boat house

HER Number

15577

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gosforth Park, boat house

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden Building

Site Type: Specific

Boat House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Ruined Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Ruined remains of the boat house still existed in 2004. Moss-covered bricks and sandstone. In 1986 a fishing or rowing boat was found in the peat (HER 1837).

Easting

425430

Northing

570430

Grid Reference

NZ425430570430

Sources

Ordnance Survey first edition, 1861; Thompson, Roy, 1996, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-1865, photo of lake 109, photos of boat-house p 110