21 and 23 St. Thomas' Street
21 and 23 St. Thomas' Street
HER Number
8955
District
Newcastle
Site Name
21 and 23 St. Thomas' Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
These houses were listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Houses. Circa 1842; No. 21 English garden wall bond, and No. 23 English bond, brick with ashlar basement and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Basement and 2 storeys; 5 and 4 bays. Steps up to 4-panelled doors with overlights in pedimented raised surrounds. Architraves to ground floor sashes with glazing bars; wedge stone lintels to similar first floor sashes; moulded first floor sill band. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Ashlar and brick ashlar-corniced chimneys. Spear-headed area railings and handrails (cast iron). Later dormers to No. 23.'
'Houses. Circa 1842; No. 21 English garden wall bond, and No. 23 English bond, brick with ashlar basement and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Basement and 2 storeys; 5 and 4 bays. Steps up to 4-panelled doors with overlights in pedimented raised surrounds. Architraves to ground floor sashes with glazing bars; wedge stone lintels to similar first floor sashes; moulded first floor sill band. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Ashlar and brick ashlar-corniced chimneys. Spear-headed area railings and handrails (cast iron). Later dormers to No. 23.'
Easting
424560
Northing
564840
Grid Reference
NZ424560564840
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 16/500; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, pp 23-24; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119589