Cullercoats, John Street, Rocket Garage

HER Number

5059

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Cullercoats, John Street, Rocket Garage

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Navigation Aid

Site Type: Specific

Coastguard Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Life Brigade Apparatus House for Cullercoats Life Brigade, now a private dwelling. Dated 1867 above door. Painted snecked stone with ashlar dressings and quoins; graduated slate roof and brick chimney. One storey. Double boarded door in elliptical- headed keyed arch and alternate-block jambs. Inscribed stone scroll above - LIFE BRIGADE HOUSE/1867. Small chamfered pointed-arched niche above. Bargeboards with finials. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

436300

Northing

571280

Grid Reference

NZ436300571280

Sources

<< HER 5059 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/97; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal