Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry

HER Number:
6697

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:
Building

Site Type: Specific:
Building

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry Drawing by Sheridan Holmes 1882. Side view of a two storied, timber framed building with a jetty beneath the first floor. First floor has two projecting windows, beneath each are different elaborate sills. Right hand sill has two corbels supporting a sill. Drawn in detail. Holmes notes that they are “preserved in the Crown and Thistle Inn and dated 1609”.

Easting:
424800

Northing:
564000

Grid Reference:
NZ424800564000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
S. Holmes, drawing, 1882; Welsh, J. 2019. Desk-based assessment 2019, Thomson House, AAG Archaeology, HER4860