2 to 6 Nelson Street

2 to 6 Nelson Street

HER Number
8772
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 to 6 Nelson Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, with 4 at right; 8
bays. Ground floor altered. 2 right bays of 4 storeys have architraves to
windows on tipper floors, with frieze and cornice above first-floor windows and
bracketed sills to second floor, under entablature with prominent bracketed
cornice. Top floor has sashes in plain reveals under cornice and blocking
course. 6 recessed bays at left have first-floor aproned sills, second-floor
sill string all sashes in plain reveals, some with glazing bars. First floor
band to these bays; top cornice and blocking course. Later wrought iron gate
in first bay. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424810
Northing
564370
Grid Reference
NZ424810564370
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/400