Newcastle, Percy Street, Nos. 11, 13 to 21

HER Number:
9932

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Percy Street, Nos. 11, 13 to 21

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
The buildings of Percy Street West are all brick structures, which are now used as shops and pubs. The designs vary from building to building, although a coherent style is maintained in several of the buildings. Number 11 stands out from the other buildings in the vicinity. It is a two storey brick building with an attic and stone decoration contrasting with the red brick material. The building is now divided into two shops, but was originally the premises of a carriage works and still bears the sign ‘Carriage Proprietors. T Howe & Co. Carriage Proprietors’. The building is also significant as the original home of the People’s Theatre when it was set up in the early 1900s as the ‘Clarion Dramatic Club’. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2459

Northing:
6453

Grid Reference:
NZ24596453

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, page 34