Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry

Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry

HER Number
6697
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Building
Site Type: Specific
Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Groat Market, Fletcher’s Entry
Drawing by Sheridan Holmes 1882. Side view of a two storied, timber framed building with a jetty beneath the first floor. First floor has two projecting windows, beneath each are different elaborate sills. Right hand sill has two corbels supporting a sill. Drawn in detail. Holmes notes that they are “preserved in the Crown and Thistle Inn and dated 1609”.
Easting
424800
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424800564000
Sources
S. Holmes, drawing, 1882; Welsh, J. 2019. Desk-based assessment 2019, Thomson House, AAG Archaeology, HER4860