56 to 63 Thornton Street
56 to 63 Thornton Street
HER Number
9222
District
Newcastle
Site Name
56 to 63 Thornton 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
Terrace of houses with shops. Early-mid C19. Local pinkish-red brick, English
bond, with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 4 houses with
2 bays each. Paired doors to house and shop at each end and groups of 4 in centre.
Original (shop fronts with glazing bars to 2 left shops; 2 right shops boarded up;
bracketed fascia cornice. Some four-panel doors, with oblong fanlights. Wedge
stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sashes with glazing bars, narrower
windows above doors. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2
ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
bond, with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 4 houses with
2 bays each. Paired doors to house and shop at each end and groups of 4 in centre.
Original (shop fronts with glazing bars to 2 left shops; 2 right shops boarded up;
bracketed fascia cornice. Some four-panel doors, with oblong fanlights. Wedge
stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sashes with glazing bars, narrower
windows above doors. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2
ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424370
Northing
564020
Grid Reference
NZ424370564020
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/548