4-24 Lancaster Street

4-24 Lancaster Street

HER Number
8790
District
Newcastle
Site Name
4-24 Lancaster Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Terrace of houses. Mid C19. English garden wall bond brick with painted ashlar
plinth and dressings; sandstone rubble rear and returns. Welsh slate roofs
(except for No.22 which is felt-covered and nos. 8 and 24 which have concrete
tiles; 2 storeys, 3 bays each. Doors and overlights in architraves at right of
each house; wedge stone lintels to windows, some sashes, with ground floor project-
ing stone sills and first floor sill band. Eaves band and gutter cornices. End
brick chimneys; inserted dormers to Nos. lO (slate-hung) and 12 (pedimented).
Included for group value with Church of St. Matthew and as example of early
working-class housing. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
423780
Northing
564070
Grid Reference
NZ423780564070
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 18/355