49 Mill Dam
49 Mill Dam
HER Number
8142
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
49 Mill Dam
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
Early C19, altered.
This building is included for the mid C19 shop front. The building is 2 storeys
and attic, one bay and slate roof.
Pleasantly eccentric shop front of 2 windows and a central door. Panelled window
stalls. Door recessed, its upper part glazed, with 3 centred head, lower part
panelled. Fanlight above.
Windows single sheets of glass.
A modillioned cornice over all. The cornice is supported by 4 very long, richly
carved, scrolled brackets which extend some half way down the window frame. Each
is coped by a carved grotesque male head which breaks into the cornice line. LISTED GRADE 2
This building is included for the mid C19 shop front. The building is 2 storeys
and attic, one bay and slate roof.
Pleasantly eccentric shop front of 2 windows and a central door. Panelled window
stalls. Door recessed, its upper part glazed, with 3 centred head, lower part
panelled. Fanlight above.
Windows single sheets of glass.
A modillioned cornice over all. The cornice is supported by 4 very long, richly
carved, scrolled brackets which extend some half way down the window frame. Each
is coped by a carved grotesque male head which breaks into the cornice line. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435970
Northing
566880
Grid Reference
NZ435970566880
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest