5 and 6, 7-11, 13, 15, 17 St. James Street
5 and 6, 7-11, 13, 15, 17 St. James Street
HER Number
8733
District
Newcastle
Site Name
5 and 6, 7-11, 13, 15, 17 St. James Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'10 houses, now offices. Before 1830. English bond brick with painted rendered plinth up to No. 11, rubble and ashlar basement to Nos. 13 to 17, and painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Each house 3 storeys; basements to Nos. 13 to 17; 2 bays each. Door at right of each house: 6-or 8-panelled, some renewed, with overlight in deep reveals; flat Tuscan doorcases with prominent cornices. 2 windows on each floor (except for No. 8 which has one wider ground floor window) all sashes with glazing bars under wedge stone lintels; projecting stone sills to second floor, sill bands to ground and first floors. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Banded brick ridge chimneys.'
'10 houses, now offices. Before 1830. English bond brick with painted rendered plinth up to No. 11, rubble and ashlar basement to Nos. 13 to 17, and painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Each house 3 storeys; basements to Nos. 13 to 17; 2 bays each. Door at right of each house: 6-or 8-panelled, some renewed, with overlight in deep reveals; flat Tuscan doorcases with prominent cornices. 2 windows on each floor (except for No. 8 which has one wider ground floor window) all sashes with glazing bars under wedge stone lintels; projecting stone sills to second floor, sill bands to ground and first floors. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Banded brick ridge chimneys.'
Easting
424410
Northing
564620
Grid Reference
NZ424410564620
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 15/483; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, pages 25-26; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024765