Castle Stairs, tenement dwellings
Castle Stairs, tenement dwellings
HER Number
6542
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Stairs, tenement dwellings
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Tenement Block
Site Type: Specific
Tenement Block
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
There was a speculative development of tenement dwellings on the east side of Castle Stairs in around 1745, by William Mills. By 1758, Mills had also acquired a block of buildings called Clogger's Row adjoining the eastern side of the Keep.
Easting
425000
Northing
563800
Grid Reference
NZ425000563800
Sources
J. Nolan, 1990, The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne after 1600, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XV.