Newcastle, Mosley Street, Nos. 7 to 19

HER Number:
8921

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Mosley Street, Nos. 7 to 19

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shops and offices. 1870 by Alfred Swan. for Mawson and Swan 's. Ashlar. Baroque style. 4 storeys and attic; 9 bays, divided into 3 sections of 3 bays each by giant Corinthian pilasters resting on channelled, rusticated ground floor. Side sections have subsidiary divisions of channelled piers and enriched string courses; recessed windows with moulded surrounds. Centre section has iron balustrade to first floor; architrave and cornice to first-floor central window. Full entablature with projecting cornice on brackets, crowned by blocking course and 4 giant urns. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2505

Northing:
6413

Grid Reference:
NZ25056413

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 21/387; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 149