gosforth conservation area character statement - Newcastle City ...

4th Edition O.S. map c1941
constructed in 1825 and consisted of the
Queen Victoria Inn (as existing, now
named “Ye Olde Jockey”) and a row of 6
houses which ran as far as North Cross
Street. By 1830 the houses surrounding
and including Brandling Arms (as existing)
had been built.
In the 1830’s George Armstrong
expanded the village through the
construction of a number of large villa type
residences facing onto the High Street,
including Gosforth Villas. By 1860 Bulman
Village was firmly established along the
eastern side of what is now the High
Street, then the Newcastle-Morpeth Road
(but also part of the Great North Road
from London to Edinburgh). The village
was characterised by stone terraces and
large, stone detached villas.
Outside of the village most development
had been restricted to South Gosforth,
around St Nicholas Church and the
Gosforth Colliery and River Ouseburn.
The west side of the High Street was
relatively undeveloped, agricultural land
with the exception of Coxlodge Hall,
Kenton Lodge and Causey House.
Salter’s Lane, Elmfield Road and The
Drive were established, in the most part,
as lanes which linked the High Street to
Kenton Road.
The Late C19th
This period saw a major expansion of
Bulman Village, particularly on the west
side of the High Street. The bones of the
existing street pattern were established –
Woodbine Road, West Avenue, Ivy Road,
Hawthorn Road, Causey Street, each
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