29 to 47 Jesmond Road (Carlton Terrace)

29 to 47 Jesmond Road (Carlton Terrace)

HER Number
9195
District
Newcastle
Site Name
29 to 47 Jesmond Road (Carlton Terrace)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Terrace of 11 houses. Circa 1838. Said to be by John Dobson. English garden wall
bond brick with painted ashlar ground floor to left end pavilion, and painted
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 7 houses from 2 to 5 bays, 32 bays
in all. Central 6 and end groups of 4 bays project slightly, the central plain
and the outer pavilions with pilasters. 8-panelled doors, except that to No. 33
renewed, with overlights in architraves. Wedge stone lintels to sashes, most with
glazing bars; projecting stone lintels except at second floor, which has sill band.
Recessed brick panels below first floor sills; first-floor band. End pavilions
also have second-floor band, and giant corner and central Doric pilasters beneath
paired gutter brackets; and eaves cornice; gutter cornice between pavilions.
Banded brick chimneys to low-pitched roof. Left return has 3 bays; steps to C2O
door in flat Doric doorcase with side lights; Doric cases to windows, tripartite
in outer bays. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425050
Northing
565230
Grid Reference
NZ425050565230
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/329; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 25; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guide, Newcastle and Gateshead, photo on p 202, 203