Newcastle, City Road, Nos. 25-29, printing works

HER Number:
6979

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, City Road, Nos. 25-29, printing works

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Factory

Site Type: Specific:
Printing Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Brick building with arched windows and doorway, stone dressings and slate roof. Decorative gable and chimney stack. Adjacent stone retaining wall and stairs from City Road to Causey Bank. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Former use not known - may have been a printing works. Last industrial use was J&L Metals. Now converted to apartments. Raised by one floor in height and new roof. Lies directly on top of medieval town wall (HER 1563) and is adjacent to Sallport Tower (HER 1562).

Easting:
2548

Northing:
6413

Grid Reference:
NZ25486413

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890