Collingwood Street

HER Number:
6495

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Collingwood Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Built by Newcastle Corporation in 1809 to link Cloth Market to Westgate Road Occupied by banks at the end of the nineteenth century. Named after Lord Collingwood, the hero of Trafalgar.

Easting:
424950

Northing:
564040

Grid Reference:
NZ424950564040

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 161