30 Blackett Street
30 Blackett Street
HER Number
8904
District
Newcastle
Site Name
30 Blackett Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shop and offices. 1902 by Marshall and Tweedy for W. Glendinning. Sandstone
ashlar; dark slate roof. 5 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Ground floor shop c.1980.
Stone mullioned and transomed windows, the left narrower, in lugged and
aproned architraves with cornices, bracketed on third floor left. Ionic window
case above with swagged frieze and open and broken pediment. 4-storey canted bay
at right has broken first-floor pediment with coat of arms; swags between
second and third floors; balustraded balcony to fourth; top lunette flanked by
squat Ionic pilasters supporting deep, keyed hood. Left bay has attic sash in
square turret with diagonal pilasters and coped, shaped parapet. Mansard roof
has tall chimney with string and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2
ashlar; dark slate roof. 5 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Ground floor shop c.1980.
Stone mullioned and transomed windows, the left narrower, in lugged and
aproned architraves with cornices, bracketed on third floor left. Ionic window
case above with swagged frieze and open and broken pediment. 4-storey canted bay
at right has broken first-floor pediment with coat of arms; swags between
second and third floors; balustraded balcony to fourth; top lunette flanked by
squat Ionic pilasters supporting deep, keyed hood. Left bay has attic sash in
square turret with diagonal pilasters and coped, shaped parapet. Mansard roof
has tall chimney with string and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424870
Northing
564460
Grid Reference
NZ424870564460
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/110