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

Sources

Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890