The Close, 2 and 4 Javel Groupe
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.
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
Sources
NCL 36952
NCL 4022
NCL 3819
NCL 4022
NCL 3819