Newcastle, Westgate Rd, Nos. 100-108, House Carpenter's Hall

HER Number:
8703

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Rd, Nos. 100-108, House Carpenter's Hall

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Recreational Hall

Site Type: Specific:
Meeting Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Company meeting hall, now with shops. 1805-12, for Company of House Carpenters. Late C19 shops. Sandstone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2:5:2 bays, the wings lower and set back; central 3 bays project under pediment. 4 shops in ground floor. Flat stone lintels to windows above with renewed glazing to most; projecting stone sills in each wing; sill band to central 5 bays. Eaves bands and gutter cornices. House Carpenters' arms in pediment. Hipped roof has truncated end chimneys to main block. Source: Mackenzie History of Newcastle Newcastle 1827 p.693. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2440

Northing:
6407

Grid Reference:
NZ24406407

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/574