59-61 Blenheim Street (odd)

59-61 Blenheim Street (odd)

HER Number
13447
District
Newcastle
Site Name
59-61 Blenheim Street (odd)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
House, later part of The Broken Doll public house. This was [in 1990] the best surviving example of the type of house built when Thomas Anderson developed this part of Newcastle in 1834. The streets were laid out by John Dobson, who may also have been responsible for specifying the appearance of the street elevations of the buildings. The house was two storeys, brick with a door on the left side of the west facing elevation, two windows to the right of the door and three above. All sashes. Pantile roof. Demolished to make way for the West Central Route (St. James Boulevard).
Easting
424230
Northing
563830
Grid Reference
NZ424230563830
Sources
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1990, An Architectural Survey of Urban Development Corporation Areas - Tyne and Wear, Vol. One, Tyneside, plate opp p.4