Elizabethan Newcastle
Right - Sandgate from the Tyne
Bridge. This collection of houses were once the homers of the Tyne Keelmen;
a medieval guild of river workers. Every one of these houses is now a bar
and, along withthe Bigg Market, forms the heart of Newcastles nightlife.
Left - Bessie Surtees' House.
Now the Northern headquarters of English Heritage, Bessie Surtees' House is
famous in 'Geordie' folk-lore as the house from which Bessie Surtees climbed
out of a first floor window to elope with her lover; a young man later to
rise to prominence, be ennobled as Earl Grey and become the Lord Chancellor
of England
Right
- The Quayside Bar. Formerly a wharehouse this building, complete with medieval
courtyard (below - right) sits on the edge of the Tyne. In the 15th/16th Century
the river woud have flowed immediately underneath the wharehouse loading doors.
Left
- The medieval Courtyard of the Quayside bar.
Left
- The Cooperage and Buttress House. Until a few years ago the half-timbered
cooperage was a barrel makers workshop; hence the name. It became a bar in the
1960's. it is one of the best bars on the quayside and there is an excellent
Nightclub on the first and second floors. Buttress House next door was derelict
for many years until recent restoration by a
Charity
set up to rescue Tyneside's neglected buildings. Though the front of the buiolding
is brick built the rear is half timbered (left).
Right
- Holy Jesus Hospital. These almshouses were built in the 16th century but the
tower at the back is 13th century, part of the original town walls. Until recently
the 'hospital was a museum but its poor position, blocked in between major roads
and multi storey car parks meant that attendances wre poor. the building has
now been taken over by the National trust and will be their northern base.
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