279 and 281 Westgate Road
279 and 281 Westgate Road
HER Number
15473
District
Newcastle
Site Name
279 and 281 Westgate Road
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Two storey brick commercial buildings. Sash windows at first floor level with projecting sills and splayed stone lintels. Projecting quoins at the south-eastern angle have been replaced in painted wood, covering a change when No. 277 was still standing. The ground floors have wide glazed shopfronts. No. 279 was originally divided to two properties that were let separately. There are cellars under the front rooms. Each property is room rooms deep and has a rear yard. There are chimneys in the gable walls.
Easting
423870
Northing
564150
Grid Reference
NZ423870564150
Sources
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2005, 273-281 Westgate Road, Newcastle, archaeological desk-based assessment and building recording