Newcastle, Greenfield Place, Nos. 1 to 6

HER Number:
8825

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Greenfield Place, Nos. 1 to 6

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Terrace of houses. Circa 1823. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar dressings and basement; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings. Basement, 3 storeys and attics; 2 bays each house except No. 3 which has third window over central elliptical stone carriage arch to Westgate Road. Steps up to 6-panelled doors, some with beaded lower panels, and patterned fanlights in doorcases of panelled pilasters and open pediments. Wedge stone lintels to windows, French type opening on to individual balconies on first floor, sashes elsewhere with projecting stone sills and glazing bars. Nos. 2 and 6 have ground-floor oriels; No.1 has no basement but has ground-floor square projecting bay with stone mullions. Attic dormers segmental-headed except for No. 2 at right which is square-headed; no dormer to No. 1. Ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
1518

Northing:
6420

Grid Reference:
NZ15186420

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/271; Newcastle City Council, 2001, Summerhill Conservation Area Character Statement, p 18