22 Blackett Street
22 Blackett Street
HER Number
9017
District
Newcastle
Site Name
22 Blackett Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Travel Agents
Site Type: Specific
Travel Agents
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shop and offices. 1892 by Cackett for Thomas Cook. 4 storeys and attic, one
bay. Ground floor shop c. 1980. Sandstone ashlar; Pilasters flank each floor
and each window: Jacobean on first, flat Corinthian on second and third, Ionic
on top floor and fluted in attic. First floor has full-width window of 3 wide
lights under keyed lintel; archivolts to 3 second-floor windows under bracketed
cornice. Third floor has central projecting window case of detached columns on
balustraded balcony with cornice and pediment. Top ramped parapet flanks attic
window under scrolled pediment with peacock finial. Seahorses on parapet support
dormer; end finials of beasts holding shields. LISTED GRADE 2
bay. Ground floor shop c. 1980. Sandstone ashlar; Pilasters flank each floor
and each window: Jacobean on first, flat Corinthian on second and third, Ionic
on top floor and fluted in attic. First floor has full-width window of 3 wide
lights under keyed lintel; archivolts to 3 second-floor windows under bracketed
cornice. Third floor has central projecting window case of detached columns on
balustraded balcony with cornice and pediment. Top ramped parapet flanks attic
window under scrolled pediment with peacock finial. Seahorses on parapet support
dormer; end finials of beasts holding shields. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424880
Northing
564490
Grid Reference
NZ424880564490
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/109; Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts, 1984, Gone…But not Forgotten 7 - Shops and Shopping, 3