1 to 4 Albion Road, Rosella Place
1 to 4 Albion Road, Rosella Place
HER Number
7302
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
1 to 4 Albion Road, Rosella Place
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Four houses, part of a terrace of five (No. 5 has been demolished). Circa 1820. English bond brick with painted incised rendered basement and ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Basement, two storeys and attics. Fluted round arches to fanlights above doors. Wedge lintels to sash windows. No. 3 has riased brick quoins, gutter cornice and coped parapet, Greek key surround to door head, carved false keystones to lintels. Wreath-framed faience tablet on No. 2 commemorates it as the birthplace of Birkett Foster, artist, in 1825. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435140
Northing
568500
Grid Reference
NZ435140568500
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/118 and 11/118; Richard Simpson, 1988, North Shields and Tynemouth - A Pictorial History