1-8 Front Street

HER Number

9346

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

1-8 Front Street

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Numbers 1-8 plus Lorne House and Broadstone. Together these houses form one of the most attractive groups in the Borough. Ironwork, some original some good quality replicas, and some original windows. The Duke of Northumberland's crescent symbol is incorporated into the railings at No. 1 as the house was built for his local agent. No. 7 was the Star and Garter Inn until the 1860s. By 1871 it had been re-named "St Oswin's" and was home to William Henry Scott, head of Scott Brothers, a Newcastle firm of merchants and ship owners. Some of the houses are now divided into flats. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436770

Northing

569450

Grid Reference

NZ436770569450

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)