7 and 8 Broad Chare, Trinity House

HER Number:
9165

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
7 and 8 Broad Chare, Trinity House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:
Almshouse

Site Type: Specific:
Almshouse

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Former Almshouses, now offices and bar. Dated 1782 on panel. Painted brick; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 6 bays. Double door with four beaded panels under 4-pane overlight central in each 3 bays, with pointed hoods above. Tripartite sash windows with glazing bars in wide boxes have brick lintels, those on ground floor with semicircular centre painted in imitation of Venetian window. Blind windows above doors painted trompe l'oeil. Central panel on first floor names officers in 1782 when houses built. Interior shows cast iron kitchen ranges with floral decoration, by Heppell's foundry; 2-panelled doors throughout. Probably Trinity House property since C16, LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
425380

Northing:
563980

Grid Reference:
NZ425380563980

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/130; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 127