The Close, 2 and 4 Javel Groupe

HER Number:
6704

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Close, 2 and 4 Javel Groupe

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Town House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Close, 2 and 4 Javel Groupe No. 2 - timber, 2 storeys. Pointed gable end with curved timber. Large Bessie-Surtees House-like windows. Strange entrance in the first floor with no access to it. Ground floor entrance next to lean-to at passage to The Side. WH Knowles calls this “Temperley’s Court”. Two dormer gables facing a court. Building is perpendicular to The Side. No. 4 - left hand side bay projects, with gable end facing Sandhill. Jetty is supported by a post. Both buildings demolished by 1930.

Easting:
425000

Northing:
563700

Grid Reference:
NZ425000563700

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
NCL 36952 NCL 4022 NCL 3819