14 Shakespeare Street

14 Shakespeare Street

HER Number
8715
District
Newcastle
Site Name
14 Shakespeare Street
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
Extant Building
Description
2 houses now as 1, in shop and office use. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle,
for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof of Welsh slate. 4 storeys, 6 bays,
the central 4 recessed on upper floors. Flat Tuscan pilasters to ground floor
with plain windows. Door removed; blocked overlight. Sash windows with glazing
bars on upper floors; plain reveals to those in central bays and on top floor;
architraves to those in outer bays, with pediments on first floor and paired
sill brackets on second. Central 4 bays have Tuscan pilasters and entablature
to first floor, sill string to second. Top band and cornice; central and right
brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424960
Northing
564280
Grid Reference
NZ424960564280
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/520