2 to 14 St. Mary's Place
2 to 14 St. Mary's Place
HER Number
8736
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 to 14 St. Mary's Place
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
Includes No. 4 St. Mary's Place East. 14 houses, now shops and offices. 1830 by
John Dobson. Sandstone ashlar; ashlar bases to brick chimneys on Welsh slate
roof. Tudor style. Basements, 2 storeys and attics; each house 2 bays except
one bay to No. 4 St. Mary's Place East: 27 bays in all. 4-over-4 vertical panels
to doors in Tudor-arched surrounds at left of each house; sash windows above, most
of on first floor with glazing bars. C20 glazing to most upper windows and
to some attics. Right bay has wider sashes on each floor. Floor and eaves strings.
Half-dormers at right and in projecting left end bay under gables. All openings
have drip-moulds. Linking parapet continuous with gable has blind battlements over
6 left houses, small windows over remaining houses. C20 ground floor shops to Nos.
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9; garage showroom in No. 4 St. Mary's Place East. LISTED GRADE 2
John Dobson. Sandstone ashlar; ashlar bases to brick chimneys on Welsh slate
roof. Tudor style. Basements, 2 storeys and attics; each house 2 bays except
one bay to No. 4 St. Mary's Place East: 27 bays in all. 4-over-4 vertical panels
to doors in Tudor-arched surrounds at left of each house; sash windows above, most
of on first floor with glazing bars. C20 glazing to most upper windows and
to some attics. Right bay has wider sashes on each floor. Floor and eaves strings.
Half-dormers at right and in projecting left end bay under gables. All openings
have drip-moulds. Linking parapet continuous with gable has blind battlements over
6 left houses, small windows over remaining houses. C20 ground floor shops to Nos.
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9; garage showroom in No. 4 St. Mary's Place East. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424890
Northing
564850
Grid Reference
NZ424890564850
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 16/485; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 18