12A Nelson Street
12A Nelson Street
HER Number
8774
District
Newcastle
Site Name
12A Nelson Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
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
424770
Northing
564380
Grid Reference
NZ424770564380
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