2 to 12 St. Thomas' Square

2 to 12 St. Thomas' Square

HER Number
8957
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 to 12 St. Thomas' Square
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
This terrace was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Terrace of houses. Nos. 4-10 c.1842; Nos. 2 and 12 c.1862. Restored c.1982. English bond to first build, English garden wall to later build with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Basement and 2 storeys; 3 bays each. Doors, central in end houses and in outer bays of others, are 4-panelled with overlights (glazing bars to No. 6) raised stone surrounds with prominent cornices. Wedge stone lintels to sashes glazing bars; projecting stone sills on ground floor, first floor sill band. Aprons and architraves to No.2, with first floor band. Welsh slate roofs with brick chimneys some ashlar-corniced. Corner, ashlar-corniced pilasters to end houses, and to left and right returns to St. Thomas' Crescent and St. Thomas' Street. Cast iron spear-headed area railings and gates.'
Easting
424550
Northing
564810
Grid Reference
NZ424550564810
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 16/496; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, pp 23-24; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119615