Gloucester House, Westgate Road

HER Number

6302

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gloucester House, Westgate Road

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Large house shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map 1858. Closed 1888. Demolished by 1919. Now site of a school.

Easting

423200

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ423200564400

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map; PCA, 2010, Westgate Hill Primary School, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West