1-5 Northumberland Place

HER Number

7297

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

1-5 Northumberland Place

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Georgian 1714 to 1830

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Five houses, now offices. Before 1811, with twentieth century alterations. Brick with ashlar dressings, rusticated quoins and rendered basements. No. 4 painted rough render. Welsh slate roof. Basement and two storeys. Doors with fanlights in Tuscan doorcase. No. 1 has an early twentieth century doorcase. No. 3 has a mid twentieth century inserted shop. Wedge stone lintels to windows, mostly sashes. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

435450

Northing

568555

Grid Reference

NZ435450568555

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 11/102; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 529; North Tyneside Council Development Directorate, 2006, Northumberland Square Conservation Area Character Appraisal