25-29 City Road, printing works

HER Number:
6979

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
25-29 City Road, printing works

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Printing and Publishing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Printing Works

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Brick building with arched windows and doorway, stone dressings and slate roof. Decorative gable and chimney stack. Adjacent stone retaining wall and stairs from City Road to Causey Bank. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Former use not known - may have been a printing works. Last industrial use was J&L Metals. Now converted to apartments. Raised by one floor in height and new roof. Lies directly on top of medieval town wall (HER 1563) and is adjacent to Sallport Tower (HER 1562).

Easting:
425480

Northing:
564130

Grid Reference:
NZ425480564130

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890