65, 66 and 67 Borough Road

HER Number

7276

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

65, 66 and 67 Borough Road

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Almshouse

Site Type: Specific

Almshouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Sailor's Home, now offices. 1854-6 by Benjamin Green for 4th Duke of Northumberland. Ashlar with rusticated ground floor. Welsh slate roof. L-plan. Three storeys and attic. Bays defined by flat giant Ionic pilasters. 4-panelled door under fanlight. Double door in glazed round-headed opening. Round-headed windows. Dentilled entablature to second floor. Elliptical-headed carriage entrance. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

435610

Northing

567900

Grid Reference

NZ435610567900

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/43; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 529