71 to 75 Westgate Road
71 to 75 Westgate Road
HER Number
9111
District
Newcastle
Site Name
71 to 75 Westgate Road
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Houses, now arts centre. Late C18 with C19 shops. Stucco, probably on brick, with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Reeded pilasters to shpps. Carriage entrance at left. Wedge stone lintels and stone sills to windows with wide boxes, those of No.71 renewed sashes with glazing bars, the remainder empty at time of survey, first floor sill band. Interior of No. 71 shows complete original staircase, with 2 turned balusters to a tread and ramped handrail; some original door and window woodwork.
Gabled rear wing of No. 71 has tumbled-in brickwork; behind No. 75 is a short link to a stucco early C19 extension. Undergoing renovation at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2
Gabled rear wing of No. 71 has tumbled-in brickwork; behind No. 75 is a short link to a stucco early C19 extension. Undergoing renovation at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424510
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424510564000
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/599