Newcastle, Nelson Street, No. 12A

HER Number:
8774

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Nelson Street, No. 12A

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Warehouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Warehouse, now facade of Eldon Centre shopping precinct. Circa 1899 by Marshall and Tweedy. Sandstone ashlar. Roof not visible. Free Baroque style. 4 storeys and attics; 5 bays. Ground floor has Ionic pilasters flanking renewed windows and recessed entrances, under bracketed fascia. Brackets support slender pilasters extending 2 ½ storeys defining bays and having cartouche finials. 2-storey bracketed oriels in outer bays; and all other windows have slender wood mullions and transoms; top windows have 2-storey keyed architraves to inner bays, outer segmental-headed architraves. Modillioned eaves cornice; parapet with 3 segmental- headed attics windows. Included for group value. This building has been redeveloped behind the facade so that only the facade is of interest. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2477

Northing:
6438

Grid Reference:
NZ24776438

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/403; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.158