178 Westgate Road

HER Number

9108

District

Newcastle

Site Name

178 Westgate Road

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House. Circa 1820. English bond brick with painted ashlar plinth and dressings. Roof of asbestos tiles in imitation of Welsh slates. 3 storeys, 2 bays. Hardboard- covered door, and overlight with patterned glazing bars, at left in panelled surround with cornice. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to one wide ground floor sash and 2 on first floor; similar treatment to second-floor cross windows. Paired
gutter brackets; renewed gutters. Ridge brick chimney LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

424210

Northing

564120

Grid Reference

NZ424210564120

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/576