Stowell Street

HER Number:
6512

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Stowell Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This street, began in 1824, was built through the Blackfriars precinct. It was a dead end until the 1850s when a gap was made through the town wall south of Heber Tower to link it with Bath Lane.

Easting:
424350

Northing:
564140

Grid Reference:
NZ424350564140

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 174