2 and 4 Victoria Street, steps and railings
2 and 4 Victoria Street, steps and railings
HER Number
8730
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 and 4 Victoria Street, steps and railings
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Semi Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Semi-detached villa. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar with plinth and quoins; brick left
return and upper floor of left entrance bay; left Welsh slate and right concrete tile
roof. 2 storeys, 6 windows in main block, and set-back lower, 2-storey entrance bays.
Renewed doors, that at right up steps, with overlights; blank wall above with stone
coping. Aprons to plain sash windows in plain reveals; glazing at ground floor
right obscured by wire mesh screens. First floor band, gutter cornice. Hipped roof
has central corniced ashlar chimney. Scrolled balusters to handrail on steps to No. 2.
Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
return and upper floor of left entrance bay; left Welsh slate and right concrete tile
roof. 2 storeys, 6 windows in main block, and set-back lower, 2-storey entrance bays.
Renewed doors, that at right up steps, with overlights; blank wall above with stone
coping. Aprons to plain sash windows in plain reveals; glazing at ground floor
right obscured by wire mesh screens. First floor band, gutter cornice. Hipped roof
has central corniced ashlar chimney. Scrolled balusters to handrail on steps to No. 2.
Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
423926
Northing
563899
Grid Reference
NZ423926563899
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/557; Newcastle City Council, 2001, Summerhill Conservation Area Character Statement, p 42