90-92 Shields Road, Anderson Jones

HER Number

9982

District

Newcastle

Site Name

90-92 Shields Road, Anderson Jones

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shop

Site Type: Specific

Jewellery Shop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Anderson Jones Jewellers has a high quality curved glass shop front. It is two storeys tall, with the ground floor having a distinctive black framed glass front. The first floor brick face has been painted. The shop is an important remnant from when Shields Road was a thriving Victorian commercial centre. LOCAL LIST

Easting

426770

Northing

564750

Grid Reference

NZ426770564750

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; The Archaeological Practice Ltd, 2010, 90-92 Shields Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Watching Brief