Conservation area profiles - Newcastle City Council

Contacts: 

Head of Development Management 

Tel 0191 211 5629 

Team Manager Urban Design and Conservation 

Tel 0191 277 7190 

Write to: 

Development Management 

Environment and Regeneration Directorate 

Civic Centre 

Barras Bridge 

Newcastle upon Tyne 

NE1 8PH 

Email: 

urbandesignandconservation@newcastle.gov.uk 

Website: 

www.newcastle.gov.uk 

January 2011 

If you need this information in another format or language, 

please phone the conservation team on 0191 277 7191 or 

email urbandesignandconservation@newcastle.gov.uk

Contents 

02 Introduction 

Conservation areas in general 

Planning guidance 

Trees 

Article 4 Directions 

Archaeology 

Listed Buildings 

Conservation Team 

04 City-wide conservation area distribution map 

05 Central Conservation Area 

11 Brandling Village Conservation Area 

14 Framlington Place Conservation Area 

17 Gosforth Conservation Area 

20 Jesmond Dene Conservation Area 

23 Leazes Conservation Area 

26 Lower Ouseburn Conservation Area 

29 Northumberland Gardens Conservation Area 

32 South Jesmond Conservation Area 

35 St. Nicholas Hospital Conservation Area 

38 Summerhill Conservation Area 

43 Walbottle Conservation Area 

Conservation Area Profiles 1

Conservation areas 

in general 

Conservation areas are areas of a city, 

town or village of ‘special architectural 

or historic interest’, the character or 

appearance of which merits protection 

or enhancement. 

While buildings, both listed and 

unlisted, make a large contribution to 

an area’s distinctive character or 

appearance and usually form the basis 

of a conservation area, designation 

recognises that buildings do not stand 

alone but are part of a bigger picture. 

The historic layout of roads and paths, 

characteristic building and paving 

materials, public and private spaces, 

green spaces and trees and the 

different uses of buildings all contribute 

to the charm and look of an area. 

When the council designates a 

conservation area additional planning 

procedures are introduced to make 

sure that any alterations do not detract 

from an area’s character and 

appearance, and to conserve and 

improve those qualities that form the 

‘special interest’ of an area. 

The designation of a 

conservation area aims to 

manage, not prevent, 

change. 


Conservation areas benefit from some 

additional planning controls and 

planning guidance. 

Living in a Conservation Area is a 

leaflet which outlines the relevant 

planning controls. It also provides 

guidance on alterations to, and 

maintenance of, buildings in 

conservation areas. 

The Unitary Development Plan sets 

out conservation policies for the city 

which are applied to applications for 

planning permission. 

Character Appraisals and 

Management Plans provide 

conservation area-specific guidance 

and can be found on the council’s 

website www.newcastle.gov.uk/hes 


Some works to houses, such as 

changing windows or roof coverings, 

are “permitted development”, which 

means they do not require planning 

permission. An Article 4 Direction 

removes “permitted development 

rights” so that planning permission is 

required for works that previously did 

not require permission. This is to 

protect buildings of architectural and 

historic merit from inappropriate 

change. 

The council can make Article 4 

Directions on properties within a 

conservation area if it considers that 

the properties are of such architectural 

and historic merit to warrant extra 

protection. 

The maps on the following pages show 

which properties in conservation areas 

have Article 4 Directions. 


Listed buildings 

For queries relating to all grade I and 

II* listed buildings contact: 

Peter Derham (Historic Buildings 

Officer) 0191 211 5626 

peter.derham@newcastle.gov.uk 

For queries about grade II listed 

buildings in conservation areas, please 

use the contact details provided in the 

following summaries for each area. 

You can check if a building is listed by 

visiting Newcastle Maps Online 

(NEMO) at 

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/map and 

using the categories on the left hand 

side of the page to navigate. You can 

also check individual list descriptions 

at the Civic Centre, or online at 

www.heritagegateway.org.uk 

Archaeology 

Sitelines is the Tyne and Wear Historic 

Environment Record (HER); it contains 

over 10,000 records about the 

archaeology of Tyne and Wear, 

including sites and finds ranging from 

prehistoric rock art to World War II 

pillboxes, listed buildings to burial 

mounds. You can access the HER at: 

www.twsitelines.info 

You can also access the HER at West 

Chapel, Jesmond Old Cemetery. 

Please note that although it is open 

from 9.30am - 5pm visits must be prearranged 

with Jennifer Morrison. 

Trees in 

conservation areas 

All trees in conservation areas are 

protected and six weeks notice of all 

works to trees is required. Trees 

subject to Tree Preservation Orders 

remain protected under their individual 

order. 

For more information about please 

trees contact: 

Edwina Symmons (Landscape and 

Ecology) 0191 277 8950 

edwina.symmons@newcastle.gov.uk 

Ian Platais (Landscape and Ecology) 

0191 278 3211 

Ian.platais@newcastle.gov.uk 

Newcastle City 

Council 

Conservation Team 

For further information regarding the 

historic environment of the city in 

general please visit the council 

website: 

www.newcastle.gov.uk/hes 

or the Newcastle Heritage Partnership 

website: 

www.heritagepartnership.org.uk 

For any other queries relating to 

archaeology in this area contact: 

Jennifer Morrison 0191 2816117 

jennifer.morrison@newcastle.gov.uk 


CENTRAL 

Date of Designation 

The conservation area was originally in 

three parts – two were designated in 

1968 and the third in 1970 – all three 

were amalgamated in 1973. Central 

was further extended in 2001 to 

include the area to the south of Central 

Station. 

Extensions to original conservation 

area boundary 

The area has been extended three 

times: 

14 May 1981 - Westgate Road, All 

Saints Church, Quayside Area. 

01 June 1987 - Bath Lane, 

Gallowgate, Newgate Street, 

Corporation Street. 

04 May 2001 - south of Central 

Station. 


‘Patterns of Experience’, the Central 

Conservation Area character 

statement, was adopted as planning 

guidance in October 1996. The South 

of Central Station character statement 

was adopted as planning guidance in 

May 2001 at the time of its 

designation. A management plan for 

the conservation area is currently 

under preparation. 

Reasons for designation 

The 1963 Development Plan review 

recognised the value of the historic 

core of the city and included policies 

for its conservation. Following the 

1967 Civic Amenities Act the area was 

designated as a conservation area to 

enforce these policies and safeguard 

the historic nature of the city. 

Description of the conservation 

area 

The character of the conservation area 

changes frequently, reflecting the city’s 

many periods of growth and 

development. The medieval burgage 

plot style development and street 

layout is still apparent in the markets, 

the residential/commercial nature of 

the Quayside frontage and the 

Georgian developments of Richard 

Grainger along Grey Street, Grainger 

Street and Clayton Street. The area is 

rich in historic buildings and street 

layout and has great character as a 

result. The area to the south of Central 

Station is noticeably different in 

character and appearance to much of 

the conservation area, as it is largely 

industrial and contains a number of 

buildings linked to Robert Stephenson 

and the development of rail transport – 

crucial to the city’s role in the Industrial 

Revolution. 

Heritage assets 

There are 116 grade I listed buildings, 

137 grade II* listed buildings and 584 

grade II listed buildings in Central 

Conservation Area. There are also 11 

scheduled ancient monuments, 

including the town walls and various 

towers, the Swing Bridge, the Old 

Tyne Bridge land arches and 

Blackfriars. There are 43 sites included 

on the local list. See map, over. 



An Article 4 Direction applies to certain 

properties on 17 streets in Central 

Conservation Area. Please see 

attached schedule and map, over. 

The Grainger Town Project 

The Grainger Town Project covered 

roughly 35 hectares of the Central 

Conservation Area. 

Grainger Town is based around the 

Tyneside classical streets built by 

Richard Grainger between 1834 and 

1839. 40% of buildings in the area are 

listed as being of special architectural 

or historic interest. 

In the 1980s and early 1990s this once 

prosperous area of the city was 

overtaken by new centres of retail and 

commercial activity which eroded the 

economic base and left properties to 

fall into disrepair. Around one million 

square foot of floor space was 

unoccupied (mainly upper floors) and 

the area's residential population was 

falling. 

The Grainger Town Project was 

established in 1997 in partnership with 

Newcastle City Council, English 

Partnerships and English Heritage with 

the aim of reversing this trend. A £120 

million regeneration programme was 

begun and continued until the end of 

March 2003. It was anticipated that 

£40 million of public sector investment 

would be bolstered by a further £80 

million from the private sector, but in 

fact achieved £145 million. 

Since the start of the project, great 

strides were made in regenerating the 

area, improving the environment and 

revitalising business, social and 

cultural life. On 31 March 2003, the 

project closed down, having achieved 

and far exceeded its objectives. 

Old Newcastle – Where the Story 

Begins 

The 'Old Newcastle - Where the Story 

Begins' Project focuses on 

Newcastle’s social, cultural and 

creative heritage using the ancient 

Black Gate as a new portal to the 

City’s rich history, culture and 

character. 

The project will create an accessible, 

heritage-led education and 

interpretation centre in the vacant and 

closed Black Gate, transforming its 

current lifeless and substantially 

ignored presence into a hub of 

heritage activity that will be open and 

available to the entire community and 

visitors from near and far. The Black 

Gate will combine with medieval 

neighbours, the Castle Keep and the 

Cathedral Church of St Nicholas to 

provide an outstanding and dynamic 

heritage asset that will tell the story of 

the remarkable history of the City and 

the ingenuity of countless generations 

of its inhabitants. 

The Project is being taken forward by 

a partnership between Newcastle City 

Council, the Cathedral Church of St. 

Nicholas and the Society of 

Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Contact information 

For further information about Central 

Conservation Area a useful starting 

point is the character statement. In 

addition, and for advice on 

development in the conservation area, 

contact: 

Fiona Cullen 0191 277 7192 

Fiona.Cullen@newcastle.gov.uk 


Schedule for properties affected by 


The following properties are subject to 

an Article 4 Direction restricting the 

painting of the exterior of the buildings 

other than for the purpose of 

advertisements. The directions were 

made in 1971/72. Unless otherwise 

stated all of these buildings are also 

listed. 

B 

32 Bigg Market 

29-33 (odd) Blackett Street 

C 

1-22 (cons) Central Arcade 

20-34 (even) Clayton Street 

45-57 (odd) Clayton Street 

11-43 (odd) Clayton Street 

18 Clayton Street 

12A Clayton Street 

G 

68-118 (even) Grainger Street 

95-137 (odd) Grainger Street 


120-150 (even) Grainger Street 


1-55 (odd) Grey Street 

28-40 (even) Grey Street 






78 (gable wall) Grey Street 


102 Grey Street 


H 

24 High Bridge (not listed) 

51 High Bridge 

67-79 (odd) High Bridge (not listed) 

1 Hood Street 

3 Hood Street 

18 Hood Street 

2-16 (even) Hood Street 

9-13 (odd) Hood Street 

M 

19-39 (odd) Market Street 

1-17 (odd) Market Street 

2-18 (even) Market Street 

20-36 (even) Market Street 

N 

1-9 (odd) Nelson Street 

11-37 (odd including properties above 

archway adj. to no.11) Nelson Street 

2-22 (even) Nelson Street 

22-54 (even) Newgate Street 

2-20 (even) Newgate Street 

3-16 (cons) Nuns Lane (not listed) 

1 Nuns Lane (not listed) 

2 Nun Street (not listed) 

1-23a (odd) Nun Street 

25 Nun Street 

4-30 (even) Nun Street 

P 

14-28 (even) Pilgrim Street 

34 Pilgrim Street 









38-44 (even) Pilgrim Street 

S 

2-22 (even) Shakespeare Street 

11 Shakespeare Street 

13 Shakespeare Street 

1-9 (odd) Shakespeare Street 

T 

65 Thornton Street (not listed) 

W 

105-107 Westgate Road (not listed) 


BRANDLING VILLAGE 


There are 36 grade II listed buildings in 

Brandling Village. St. Andrew’s 

Cemetery is a grade II Registered 

Historic Park and Garden. There are 

13 locally listed sites in the 

conservation area. See map, over. 


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04 October 1976 


Brandling Village Character Statement 

was adopted as Planning Guidance in 

December 2001. The Management 

Plan was adopted as a Development 

Guidance Note in May 2005. 


For further information about the 

Brandling Village Conservation Area a 

useful starting point is the character 

statement. In addition, and for advice 

on development in the conservation 

area, contact: 

Charlotte Foster 

0191 211 5625 

Charlotte.Foster@newcastle.gov.uk 


To reinforce existing local plan policies 

and protect the uniformity and 

architectural quality of the Victorian 

Terraces from unsympathetic home 

improvements by the individual 

occupants. 



Brandling Village contains some of the 

best examples of Victorian domestic 

architecture in the city. The residential 

terraces are set largely in a mature 

landscape with views over Exhibition 

Park and the Town Moor. The terraces 

range from polite Georgian buildings to 

later workers cottages and Arts and 

Crafts style housing. The design of the 

terraces is simple and restrained with 

an architectural integrity and 

uniformity. 


FRAMLINGTON PLACE 


Framlington Place Conservation Area 

includes 35 grade II listed buildings 

See map, over. 


None 


31 March 1976 


Framlington Place Character 

Statement was adopted as planning 

guidance in November 2002. The 

Management Plan was adopted in 

November 2006 as Supplementary 

Planning Guidance. 



Framlington Place Conservation Area 

a useful starting point is the character 





0191 211 5625 



The character and appearance of the 

area was considered to be at risk from 

pressures for commercial conversion, 

subdivision and new development. 

Conservation area status was 

perceived as a means of controlling 

this change in order to protect the 

character and appearance of the area. 



The main character of the 

conservation area is a mix of 19th 

century terraced housing and large, 

detached dwellings. Historically this 

was an area of quality housing used by 

the academic staff of Newcastle 

University. This character has changed 

as pressures for development have 

been accommodated with many 

terraces converted into office or flat 

accommodation. 


GOSFORTH 

High Victorian, Queen Anne Revival 

and Edwardian. The residential suburb 

is complemented by a commercial 

centre, a “typical” traditional High 

Street which thrives despite its close 

proximity to the city centre. 


26 April 2002 


The Gosforth Character Statement 

was adopted as planning guidance in 

April 2002. The Management Plan was 

adopted in May 2009 as a 

Supplementary Planning Document. 


Gosforth is unique to the city in the 

way in which it has developed. The 

housing stock represents a collection 

of types and architectural styles which 

are not represented in such quality 

elsewhere in the city. The character 

and appearance of the area has come 

under threat from development 

proposals to convert existing 

properties into smaller units or to 

demolish older properties to allow for 

higher density new build 

developments. 


There are 49 grade II listed buildings in 

Gosforth Conservation Area (see 

map). There are 9 sites on the local 

list. 


There are not currently any Article 4 

Directions in place in Gosforth 

Conservation Area, but it is proposed 

that a number of streets should be 

protected in this way in the future. 

Please see the Gosforth Conservation 

Area Management Plan for more 

details. 



Gosforth Conservation Area a useful 

starting point is the character 




Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191 

Sarah.Allison@newcastle.gov.uk 



Gosforth is a residential suburb to the 

north of the city centre. The area was 

formerly developed as Coxlodge Hall 

and Bulman Village. It contains a 

number of “best examples” of housing 

types and architectural styles such as 


JESMOND DENE 


1991 



The conservation area was extended 

to include Towers and Mitchell 

Avenues in December 2001. 


Jesmond Dene Character Statement 

was adopted Planning Guidance in 

May 2003. The Management Plan was 

adopted as a Supplementary Planning 

Document in September 2006. 


The area is of high environmental 

value and historic character and is 

subject to a continued pressure for 

development which, if not carefully 

controlled and directed would detract 

from these qualities. 

reflect its history, past land-use and 

varied landscape designs. 


Jesmond Dene Conservation Area 

includes 1 grade II* listed building and 

22 grade II listed buildings. It also 

contains two scheduled ancient 

monuments – St Mary’s Well and St 

Mary’s Chapel – and Jesmond Dene 

itself is a grade II Registered Historic 

Park and Garden. There are 15 locally 

listed sites within the conservation 

area. See map, over. 


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Grant Aid 

A recent bid to the Heritage Lottery 

Fund for funding to restore and 

regenerate the Ouseburn Parks was 

successful and Jesmond Dene Park is 

currently undergoing refurbishment 

works as part of the project. 



Jesmond Dene Conservation Area a 





Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191 




Jesmond Dene Conservation Area has 

two key elements of character: low 

density late-Victorian and Edwardian 

housing set in the mature landscape of 

the Dene and the Dene itself. The 

Dene’s landscape is a mixture of a 

number of different influences, which 


LEAZES 

Registered Historic Park and Garden. 

There are 12 sites in the conservation 

area that are included on the local list. 



None 


03 September 1974 


Leazes Character Statement was 

adopted as Planning Guidance in June 

2000. A Management Plan was 

adopted as a Supplementary Planning 

Document in September 2006. 


The Edwardian park and late Georgian 

terraces and surrounding residential 

developments are considered to be of 

outstanding interest and of national 

significance; designation was a means 

of protecting this value and 

significance whilst reinforcing local 

plan policies. 



The conservation area is dominated by 

the Victorian Park and surrounding late 

Georgian residential developments. 

Leazes Terrace and Crescent, and the 

St Thomas estate, were built by 

Thomas Oliver and are reminiscent of 

similar architectural developments in 

London. 

Grant Aid 

The oldest green space in Newcastle, 

Leazes Park was recently restored and 

refurbished through a £4 million 

restoration scheme funded by the 

Heritage Lottery Fund and Newcastle 

City Council. The project followed 

detailed research into the original 

designs and included the 

reintroduction of two ornate gateways 

into the park and cast iron boundary 

railings, substantial tree and shrub 

planting, the restoration of the lake and 

a new memorial garden for the 

15th/19th Hussars. 



Leazes Conservation Area a useful 






0191 211 5625 



Leazes Conservation Area contains 59 

grade I and 105 grade II listed 

buildings. Leazes Park is a grade II 


LOWER OUSEBURN VALLEY 


27 October 2000 


Lower Ouseburn Valley Character 

Statement was adopted as Planning 

Guidance in October 2000. A 

Management Plan was adopted as 

Supplementary Planning Guidance in 

September 2004. 

Additional planning guidance 

• Regeneration of the Lower 

Ouseburn Valley Strategy, 2003 

• Urban design framework 

area has supported a splendid array of 

glass-works, lead, iron, soap, 

limeworks, mills and later, potteries, 

which by the late 19th century stood 

next to housing beneath the rail and 

road bridges. Although much has been 

demolished or changed there remains 

substantial physical evidence of the 

past. The landscape contributes to the 

diverse character of this area in two 

principal ways. First, as an effective 

backdrop and visual edge to the valley 

and secondly, as a network of open 

spaces throughout the area. The valley 

is also identified as being part of a 

wildlife corridor and is considered to be 

of moderate ecological value. 


Lower Ouseburn Valley Conservation 

Area contains one grade II* listed 

building (Ouseburn School) and 9 

grade II listed buildings. The Hadrian’s 

Wall World Heritage Site also runs 

through the conservation area. There 

are 19 sites within the conservation 

area that are included on the local list. 



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The area is of considerable historic 

and industrial archaeological interest. 

The valley is subject to continued 

pressure for development and 

redevelopment which, if not 

sympathetically controlled and directed 

would detract from these qualities. 



The Lower Ouseburn Valley forms one 

of the main cradles of the Industrial 

Revolution on Tyneside and 

subsequently is rich in industrial 

heritage. Since the 17th century the 



Lower Ouseburn Valley Conservation 

Area a useful starting point is the 

character statement. In addition, and 

for advice on development in the 

conservation area, contact: 

Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191 



NORTHUMBERLAND GARDENS 


1987 



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Northumberland Gardens Character 


Guidance in March 2001. A 

Management Plan is currently under 

preparation. 


This was previously designated as a 

green belt location and therefore new 

development was controlled. The draft 

Newburn Local Plan and Tyne and 

Wear Green Belt Subject Plan 

removed the green belt status and 

allocated land to the north and south 

for housing. As a result 

Northumberland Gardens became 

vulnerable to pressures for housing 

development, which without control 

would result in a radical change of 

character and the loss of the area’s 

special quality. 



Northumberland Gardens is a small, 

planned estate of low-density semidetached 

housing on the western edge 

of the city. The estate has a distinctive 

and attractive character in that it 

contains early 20th century housing 

set within large mature garden plots 

most of which are half an acre in size. 

The housing is modest in scale with 

unifying design features apparent 

throughout which lend themselves to a 

visual coherence. The mature 

landscape setting and private estate 

roads combine to create an “Arcadian” 

– or idyllic rural – quality. 


There are no designated heritage 

assets within the conservation area. 


An article 4 direction was made in 

1997 and affects the whole of the 

conservation area, specifically: 

1-24 Northumberland Gardens (N.B. 

there is no number 17 or 19) 

2-24 (even numbers) Coronation Road 

2 – 12 (even numbers) North Walbottle 

Road 



For further information about 

Northumberland Gardens 

Conservation Area a useful starting 

point is the character statement. In 

addition, and for advice on 

development in the conservation area, 

contact: 

Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191 



SOUTH JESMOND 

County Cricket ground which 

contribute to the landscape setting. 


South Jesmond Conservation Area 

contains 1 Grade II* listed building (the 

entrance archway and chapel lodges 

at Jesmond Cemetery) and 13 grade II 

listed buildings. Newcastle General 

Cemetery (formerly known as 

Jesmond Old Cemetery) is a grade II 

Registered Historic Park and Garden. 

There are 8 locally listed sites. See 

map, over. 


22 December 1987 



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South Jesmond Character Statement 

was adopted as Planning Guidance in 

December 2001. A Management Plan 

was adopted as a Development 

Guidance Note in May 2009. 


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For further information about the South 

Jesmond Conservation Area a useful 






0191 211 5625 



To reinforce existing local plan policies 

and protect the concept of the local 

scene. In addition, to exercise control 

and discipline over new development 

and the use of urban space to achieve 

a higher standard of design in 

alterations and new building. 



South Jesmond is essentially made up 

of late Victorian residential property set 

in a mature landscape. There are a 

number of major open spaces 

including Jesmond Cemetery and the 


ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL 

the last decade following housing 

developments within the grounds of 

the hospital. 


There is one grade II listed building in 

the conservation area (the Hospital). 



None 


02 September 1991 


St. Nicholas Hospital Character 


Guidance in May 2003. 


As an area of distinctive architectural, 

environmental and historic character, 

which includes a number of 

substantially unaltered buildings, it was 

considered that there was potential for 

enhancement and preservation and 

that conservation area status would 

help attract funding to achieve this. 

The character of the area was at risk 

from pressures for change and 

development and it was intended to 

achieve a controlled programme of 

change which was sympathetic and 

complementary to the existing fabric 

and landscape. 


For further information about St 

Nicholas Hospital Conservation Area a 





Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191 




This is a distinctive area which is a 

clear representation of the period of 

Victorian hospital development in the 

city. The buildings are set in a mature 

landscape setting with open spaces 

and planting which complements the 

uses of the buildings. The character of 

the conservation area has changed in 


SUMMERHILL 


1970 



There have been two extensions: 

21 February 1988 – Elswick Road 

05 October 1992 – Barber Surgeon’s 

Hall and Westgate Hill Cemetery. 

There is also a record of an extension 

on 15 May 1975 but there are no 

details of the area it refers to. 


Summerhill Character Statement was 

adopted as Planning Guidance in April 

2001. A Management Plan was 

adopted as Supplementary Planning 

Guidance in 2007. 


Following the Rye Hill General 

Improvement Area Scheme local 

residents expressed grave concern 

over the deterioration of the Square. In 

addition, there was commercial 

pressure for the conversion of 

residential dwellings into office 

accommodation, which was 

considered to detrimentally affect the 

character of the residential suburb. 



The conservation area is based 

around a late Georgian residential 

suburb which contains a number of 

listed terraces centred on an informal 

open space and garden plots. The 

terraces range from the very grand, 

which face onto the central “square”, to 

the very simple with precise attention 

to the architectural detail throughout. 

The area has retained much of its 

residential character although many of 

the individual houses have now been 

converted to flats to meet demand. 

There has also been a small degree of 

commercial conversion. 


Summerhill contains one grade II* 

listed building (Church of St Matthew, 

Summerhill Street) and 80 grade II 

listed buildings. Westgate Hill 

Cemetery is a grade II Registered 

Historic Park and Garden. The open 

space of Summerhill Square is on the 

local list. See map, over. 


Article 4 Directions apply to a number 

of properties in the conservation area. 

Please see attached map and 

schedule. 



Summerhill Conservation Area a 






0191 211 5625 



Schedule for properties affected by 


An Article 4 Direction controlling all 

works under Parts 1 & 2 of Schedule 2 

of the 1988 General Development 

(Permitted) Order was made in 1990 

and affects the following addresses 

within the conservation area: 

1-6 Greenfield Place 

1-4 High Swinburne Place 

Coach House, Summerhill Grove 

St Anne’s Convent, Summerhill Grove 

1-8 Summerhill Grove 

1-12 Summerhill Terrace 

2-9 incl. 4a Swinburne Place 

1-10 Winchester Terrace 

209, 269, 271, 273, 275 Westgate 

Road 

5, 7-12 Ravensworth Terrace 

Harry Woods, 195 Westgate Road 


WALBOTTLE VILLAGE 


The conservation area was designated 

in November 2009. 


Walbottle Village Character Statement 

and Management Plan was adopted 

as a Development Guidance Note in 

November 2009, at the same time as 

the conservation area was designated. 


Walbottle Village Conservation Area 

lies approximately 6 miles west of the 

city centre. It has been suggested that 

the origins of Walbottle precede the 

Roman conquest. However, little of the 

village’s early development is visible 

today and traditional housing has been 

replaced by the 1960s redevelopment 

of the area. The retention of the 

original boundaries and incorporation 

of views of the surrounding greenbelt 

land, along with the use of cohesive 

materials and design create a unique 

character (with a hidden history) 

worthy of preservation. Conservation 

area status was perceived as a means 

of controlling change, to protect the 

character and appearance of the area. 



The principal focus of the conservation 

area is the village green, which 

continues to be the centre of village 

life. The green was central to the 

redevelopment of the village in the 

1960’s by Newburn Urban District 

Council. The importance of this area 

was recognised during the early 

1960’s when the 10 th Duke of 

Northumberland gave Newburn Urban 

District the land surrounding the green. 


Walbottle Village Conservation Area 

contains three grade II listed buildings. 



None. 


For further information about Walbottle 

Village Conservation Area a useful 





Sarah Allison 

0191 277 7191

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