Jesmond - Sandyford House Regeneration

Sandyford House was a part of 1960's built The Scottish Life House Estate on the site of former residential area Archbold Terrace.

The estate contained a number of office blocks and a public house called The Royal Archer.

The whole complex was acquired by the developer Jomast in 2004 and the last business moved out of the estate around 2008 and Jomast began converting the blocks into flats and branded it Jesmond Three Sixty.

Work started in 2022 on converting Sandyford House and I will endeavour to chart the construction as best I can in the upcoming weeks.

At the rear of the Scottish Life House Estate was an old property known as Carlton Villas East, housing the Quaker Meeting House, which was demolished in 2018 to make way for a massive new tower block which hasn't yet begun. A few photos of the Quaker Meeting House feature here lower down this page.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.




Jesmond Three Sixty.




Eaga House.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.






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Sandyford House Regeneration.






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Jesmond Three Sixty.




Eaga House Redevelopment.






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Old Quaker Meeting House.

Surrounding villas were demolished by the 1970s but Cartlon Villas East still survived as part of Jesmond Quaker Meeting House.
The Friends moved to Jesmond in 1961 when their meeting house on Pilgrim Street was demolished to make way for the construction of the Swan House roundabout. The old Quaker Meeting House was demolished in 2018.

Source: Sitelines.






1977



Archbold Terrace 1977

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






1973



Archbold House 1973.

Archbold House with Jesmond Railway Station in the foreground.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.



Archbold Court, Archbold Terrace 1973

A view of the construction of Phase III of Archbold Court, Archbold Terrace taken in 1973.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






1971



Archbold Terrace Jesmond Signey J. 1971

Taken from Sandyford Road looking across to the office blocks on Archbold Terrace.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.



Marianople Street 1971

The photograph shows the junction of Marianople Street and Alexandra Terrace.

Buildings on the left-hand side of Marianople Street have been demolished. Marianople Street leads onto a narrow road. The text on the back of the photograph reads 'Taken Oct. 1971. Archbold Terrace.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.



Marianople Street 1971

Photo is looking Northward. The 'narrow road' where the two men are walking is the former left hand side path of Victoria Square.

The cars are parked on what was once the Victoria Square green. The road running across the middle of the photograph is Sandyford Road. The large buildings in the background are the Royal Grammar School and Jesmond Parish Church which is on the corner of Jesmond Road (now the Central Motorway) and Eslington Road.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






1967



Archbold House, Archbold Terrace 1967

A view of the exterior of Archbold House taken in 1967.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






1964



Archbold House, Archbold Terrace 1964

A view of the exterior of Archbold House, Archbold Terrace taken in 1964.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






1966



Union Transport Finance Co. Jesmond Road/Archbold Terrace 1966

A view of the exterior of Union Transport Finance Co. on Jesmond Road/Archbold Terrace Jesmond. The photograph has been taken from the other side of Jesmond Road looking across to the building which is scheduled for demolition.

Photo Courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr.






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