Eslington Tower, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The mysteriously-named, but handsome Eslington Tower is part of a curved terrace built in red brick with stone dressings in 1877. As noted by the conservation area report, the façade features two storey bay windows and the corner bays are emphasised by "projecting turrets at third storey roof level with steeply pitching slate roofs like witches hats."  

Highbury, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

Elegant Edwardian houses line the east side of Highbury, which overlooks Lavender Fields, which borders Newcastle's Town Moor. Many still have original wrought iron railings.

The Irvin Building, Union Road, North Shields, Tyneside

Built in 1913, the Grade II listed Irvin Building is a distinctive and distinguished presence on North Shields Fish Quay. It was built in 1913 for Richard Irvin and Sons Ltd., which owned a fleet of more than 30 fishing boats, and were fish salesmen and auctioneers, according to Newcastle University. 

Gladstone Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A quiet cobbled street with late Victorian middle class properties built between 1875 and 1876, Gladstone Terrace is now mostly occupied by students. It overlooks a railway siding.

The Victorian Back Streets of Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

One of the most upmarket parts of Newcastle, Gosforth still has Victorian terraces backing on to cobbled roads.

The Town Wall, Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

The Town Wall pub occupies Bewick House, a Grade II listed building which was once home and workplace of Northumberland artist, naturalist and engraver Thomas Bewick. In 1821, when the building was converted into a hall for the incorporated company of Slaters and Tylers, the workmen found a large quantity of shillings and sixpences of the coinage of Edward I, according to the pub's web site.

Jesmond Road West, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

A long and well-preserved mid-19th century terrace, Jesmond Road West no longer runs through to Jesmond and is now a quiet corner of Newcastle's city centre. Some of the grander houses on Carlton Terrace, on the north side of the road, are listed.

Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle's Grade I-listed neoclassical Theatre Royal, which dates from 1837, sits at the top of the gracious Georgian curve of Grey Street, which slopes down towards the Tyne.