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Blue House, Great North Road


The Blue House on Town Moor in Newcastle is located on the juction of Grandstand Road and the Great North Road - and gives its name to the Bluehouse Roundabout here (known as Blue House Corner, before the small roundabout was added). The building, of Mock-Tudor design, dates from 1896 - though there has been a dwelling on this site since 1771. A dated plaque on the east wall notes it was built by wardens and stewards of the Freemen of Newcastle; it was used by the stockmen who tended their cattle. The house was also used as a base for toll collectors, collecting payments for goods entering Newcastle, which were collected up to 1910. The building was later used by the Police for many years. It currently (2024) hosts Tyneside Developments Ltd. It is said that the name of the building was based on a remark made in 1898 that the house had blue tiles on the roof.

Originally there were four Blue Houses, this one on the roundabout on the junction of Grandstand Road, Moor Bank Lodge on Claremont Road (home of the Town Moor Superintendent and Freemen Headquarters). West House on Barrack Road and finally Blue House on Ponteland Road. (Freemen issue 28 July 2021)

Grandstand Road, Newcastle 1896 Local List Historic Buildings and Monuments in Newcastle
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027389:Blue House, Grandstand Road/Great North Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1910
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065052:The Blue House Grandstand Road/Great North Road Newcastle upon Tyne Maybury Malcolm 1998
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Trees beside Blue House Corner
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Blue House
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Blue House corner, Newcastle upon Tyne
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