Broad Chare, Trinity House, almshouses
Broad Chare, Trinity House, almshouses
HER Number
9014
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Broad Chare, Trinity House, almshouses
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Almshouse
Site Type: Specific
Almshouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Almshouses, now storage rooms and house above. Dated 1787 on plaque. English
garden wall bond brick with painted ground floor and ashlar dressings. Welsh
slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. 5-panelled doors with 3-paned overlights
(except for radial glazing bars to that on right) in bays 2, 3 and 5. Wedge
stone lintels to sashes with glazing bars; projecting stone sills on first
floor; ground floor sill band. Central plaque commemorates building in 1787
and names officers for that year. LISTED GRADE 2*
garden wall bond brick with painted ground floor and ashlar dressings. Welsh
slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. 5-panelled doors with 3-paned overlights
(except for radial glazing bars to that on right) in bays 2, 3 and 5. Wedge
stone lintels to sashes with glazing bars; projecting stone sills on first
floor; ground floor sill band. Central plaque commemorates building in 1787
and names officers for that year. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
425360
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ425360564000
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/127; TWM, 2009, Summoner's Flat, Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Building Recording