Newcastle, Mosley Street

HER Number:
6489

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Mosley Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Mosley Street was built in 1784-5. It was designed by David Stephenson. One of the premier shopping and commercial streets of the Georgian town. In 1788 the Theatre Royal was built in Mosley Street. At the end of the nineteenth century national banks and insurance companies built premises here.

Easting:
2496

Northing:
6405

Grid Reference:
NZ24966405

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 15 and 149, 162