Neville Street, goods station entrance

HER Number:
9128

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Neville Street, goods station entrance

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Goods Station

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Goods station entrance. Circa 1870 for North Eastern Railway. Sandstone ashlar; cast iron posts and brackets to glass canopies. Front wall of one storey, 7 bays has panels, with open arches, in first and fourth bays; lunettes in others, paired in bays 3-6, with keystoned surrounds. Hipped glass roof has ridge vent. Iron posts, with octagonal plinths, leaf capitals, and brackets with circles in spandrels, support glass roof over platforms. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
424470

Northing:
563810

Grid Reference:
NZ424470563810

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 22/408 and 23/408