1 - 5 Leazes Crescent
1 - 5 Leazes Crescent
HER Number
8791
District
Newcastle
Site Name
1 - 5 Leazes Crescent
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This terrace was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'5 houses. 1829-30 by Thomas Oliver for Richard Grainger. Stucco with Welsh slate roof; brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays each house, the left end with bowed projection. Right end with similar bow is No. 26 Terrace Place (q.v.). 6-panelled doors with overlights, some with glazing bars, recessed in plain reveals; sashes, with glazing bars to Nos. 1 and 4, with projecting sills; renewed glazing to left bow. Entrance to No.5 on left return, in central of 3 bays; altered glazing; and canted on ground floor. Petterned frieze, cornice and blocking course with central panel: LEAZES CRESCENT'
'5 houses. 1829-30 by Thomas Oliver for Richard Grainger. Stucco with Welsh slate roof; brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays each house, the left end with bowed projection. Right end with similar bow is No. 26 Terrace Place (q.v.). 6-panelled doors with overlights, some with glazing bars, recessed in plain reveals; sashes, with glazing bars to Nos. 1 and 4, with projecting sills; renewed glazing to left bow. Entrance to No.5 on left return, in central of 3 bays; altered glazing; and canted on ground floor. Petterned frieze, cornice and blocking course with central panel: LEAZES CRESCENT'
Easting
424460
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ424460564700
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 15/357; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, pages 20-21; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 17; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024830