Cullercoats, John Street, Rocket Garage

HER Number:
5059

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, John Street, Rocket Garage

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Navigation Aid

Site Type: Specific:
Coastguard Station

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Life Brigade Apparatus House for Cullercoats Life Brigade, now a private dwelling. Dated 1867 above door. Painted snecked stone with ashlar dressings and quoins; graduated slate roof and brick chimney. One storey. Double boarded door in elliptical- headed keyed arch and alternate-block jambs. Inscribed stone scroll above - LIFE BRIGADE HOUSE/1867. Small chamfered pointed-arched niche above. Bargeboards with finials. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3630

Northing:
7128

Grid Reference:
NZ36307128

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5059 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/97; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal