50 and 52 Dean Street
50 and 52 Dean Street
HER Number
8841
District
Newcastle
Site Name
50 and 52 Dean Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shop and house. Circa 1784; remodelled 1902 by Benjamin Simpson. Sandstone
ashlar ground floor; painted brick above with painted ashlar dressings and quoins;
Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Art Nouveau shop. 3 storeys and
attic, 2 bays. Door at left and wide window at right in 3 fat Ionic half-columns
with exaggerated entasis; wood mullions and transoms to segmental-headed window.
Plain sashes above in architraves, bracketed on second floor. Eaves band and
gutter cornice. Mansard roof has wide pedimented dormer and ashlar-corniced brick
chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
ashlar ground floor; painted brick above with painted ashlar dressings and quoins;
Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Art Nouveau shop. 3 storeys and
attic, 2 bays. Door at left and wide window at right in 3 fat Ionic half-columns
with exaggerated entasis; wood mullions and transoms to segmental-headed window.
Plain sashes above in architraves, bracketed on second floor. Eaves band and
gutter cornice. Mansard roof has wide pedimented dormer and ashlar-corniced brick
chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425060
Northing
564070
Grid Reference
NZ425060564070
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 21/219; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 150