39 and 41 Low Friar Street
39 and 41 Low Friar Street
HER Number
8796
District
Newcastle
Site Name
39 and 41 Low Friar 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. Late C18/early C19 with late C19 shops. English garden wall
bond brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Curved right corner to
Fenkle Street includes No. 16 (q.v.), the house above No. 41 Low Friar Street.
3 storeys, 6 bays. No. 39, 3-bay shop at left, has central door in architrave;
2 curved corner bays with deeply recessed entrance at left; one bay on Fenkle
Street has 2 steps up to 5-panelled door and overlight with glazing bars in
architrave; shop fascias and brackets covered in hardboard. Wedge stone lintels
and projecting stone sills to sashes above,with late C19 glazing bars. Roof
curved at corner; brick ridge chimneys. Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
bond brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Curved right corner to
Fenkle Street includes No. 16 (q.v.), the house above No. 41 Low Friar Street.
3 storeys, 6 bays. No. 39, 3-bay shop at left, has central door in architrave;
2 curved corner bays with deeply recessed entrance at left; one bay on Fenkle
Street has 2 steps up to 5-panelled door and overlight with glazing bars in
architrave; shop fascias and brackets covered in hardboard. Wedge stone lintels
and projecting stone sills to sashes above,with late C19 glazing bars. Roof
curved at corner; brick ridge chimneys. Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424500
Northing
564100
Grid Reference
NZ424500564100
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/371 and 20/371