1950's Airey Houses De-constructed
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Description
A block of four Airey houses from Coltspool, in Kibblesworth (Gateshead) is being painstakingly deconstructed, loaded on to pallets and transported to Beamish. Here they will be carefully stored until work begins on a new 1950s area, when they will be rebuilt as part of a typical north eastern post-war urban development. These four dwellings have been recently vacated and were due for demolition, when The Gateshead Housing Company offered the whole block to Beamish. The museum was delighted to accept and has appointed Compass Developments (NE) Limited to dismantle the houses and transport them to Beamish. It is expected that the first parts of the houses (the staircases) will arrive later this week and the whole deconstruction project will be completed by late June. The demolition of the Airey houses will make way for new homes more suited to modern living. We are currently undertaking a long-term development review and it is hoped that in the medium term a 1950s development will be added to the existing Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian areas. As well as appropriate buildings, it is anticipated that the collecting of 1950s artefacts will commence later this year. -
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Beamish Museum -
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Beamish (Flickr) -
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Further information
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36275059@N02/7163681712/
Resource type: Image
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