3A and 7 to 15 St. Thomas Street

3A and 7 to 15 St. Thomas Street

HER Number
9122
District
Newcastle
Site Name
3A and 7 to 15 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
This terrace was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Terrace of houses. Circa 1840. English bond brick with ashlar basement and dressings; Welsh slate roofs except for No. 9 which has concrete tiles. Basement and 2 storeys; 6 houses, 17 bays in all. Nos. 3A and 7, flanking segmental-arched entrance to stables behind, have curved steps, with patterned cast iron handrails, up to 6-panelled doors and overlights with glazing bars in architraves. Similar doors in architraves at right of each house. Giant pilasters with ashlar capitals flank first 2 houses and vehicle entrance; 5 windows to first 2 houses. All windows sashes with wedge stone lintels and glazing bars; projecting stone sills to ground floor, sill band to first floor, except for 6 right bays which have aproned sills. Low-pitched roof has brick chimneys, some ashlar-corniced.' {1}
Smart suburban brick fronted houses with rear rubble walls.
Easting
424660
Northing
564770
Grid Reference
NZ424660564770
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 16/498; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, pp 23-24; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1323766