Industrial workers' dwellings, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Industrial workers' dwellings with shop built in 1869 and extension dated 1878. It was built by John Johnstone for the Newcastle upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwellings Co. Ltd. The building is important both for its townscape value and as probably the earliest surviving example in Newcastle of philanthropic housing provision for industrial workers

Location

Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

house housing planned worker industrial philanthropy Victorian (1837 - 1901)