Dean Street

HER Number

7700

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dean Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Between the years 1784 and 1789 the lower part of the Lort Burn was filled in and Dean Street was built by David Stephenson.

Easting

425030

Northing

564100

Grid Reference

NZ425030564100

Sources

Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down Our Streets - Newcastle's street names explored; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 15 and 149-150