Photographs Of Newcastle: Lower Steenberg’s Yard Construction

Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn, is the second phase of Carillion-Igloo’s development of the Lower Ouseburn Valley. This is part of a development agreement with Newcastle City Council and the Homes and Communities Agency.

The scheme will comprise 34 dwellings, ranging from one bedroom apartments to four/five bedroom homes and approximately 800m² office space, associated car parking and improved highways access along the riverside.

The site was originally occupied by an old cattle sanatorium, with that building eventually demolished in 2005 and remaining vacant ever since. When the cattle sanatorium fell out of use in 1900, the building was used as a store or sawmill by timber exporters Robson and Miller, and by the mid-20th century it was an oil works.

Description courtesy of Cundall and Chronicle Live.