Mansion House

HER Number

9898

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Mansion House

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Mayors Residence

Site Type: Specific

Mayors Residence

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor. The four storey stone house has crenellated sections and some decorated features on the first floor windows. The Victorian building was built in 1880 as two houses, Thurso House and Kelso House. The conversion to one house occurred in 1900. The house was gifted to the city as the Mansion House in 1953. LOCAL LIST

Easting

425450

Northing

565650

Grid Reference

NZ425450565650

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle, p 59-60; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 113