16 - 24 Leazes Crescent
16 - 24 Leazes Crescent
HER Number
8792
District
Newcastle
Site Name
16 - 24 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 1954 with the following description:
'8 houses, now 6 dwellings and office, No. 17 at right now subdivided. 1829-30, by Thomas Oliver, for Richard Grainger. Stucco except for rough render to Nos. 20 and 21; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays originally to each house. Segmental-headed ground floor recesses contain 6-panelled doors, renewed except for Nos. 18, 20 and 21 and inserted in No. 16, with overlights, in plain reveals. Plain reveals to windows, many renewed; sashes with glazing bars to No. 18; projecting sills. Floor band. Entablature to 3 right and 2 left houses; gutter cornice; blocking course with left end panel: low-relief LEAZES CRESCENT.'
'8 houses, now 6 dwellings and office, No. 17 at right now subdivided. 1829-30, by Thomas Oliver, for Richard Grainger. Stucco except for rough render to Nos. 20 and 21; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays originally to each house. Segmental-headed ground floor recesses contain 6-panelled doors, renewed except for Nos. 18, 20 and 21 and inserted in No. 16, with overlights, in plain reveals. Plain reveals to windows, many renewed; sashes with glazing bars to No. 18; projecting sills. Floor band. Entablature to 3 right and 2 left houses; gutter cornice; blocking course with left end panel: low-relief LEAZES CRESCENT.'
Easting
424500
Northing
564780
Grid Reference
NZ424500564780
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 15/359 and 16/359; 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/1024831