House Carpenter's Hall, 100-108 Westgate Rd
House Carpenter's Hall, 100-108 Westgate Rd
HER Number
8703
District
Newcastle
Site Name
House Carpenter's Hall, 100-108 Westgate Rd
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Meeting Hall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Company meeting hall, now with shops. 1805-12, for Company of House Carpenters. Late
C19 shops. Sandstone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2:5:2 bays, the wings
lower and set back; central 3 bays project under pediment. 4 shops in ground floor.
Flat stone lintels to windows above with renewed glazing to most; projecting stone
sills in each wing; sill band to central 5 bays. Eaves bands and gutter cornices.
House Carpenters' arms in pediment. Hipped roof has truncated end chimneys to main
block. Source: Mackenzie History of Newcastle Newcastle 1827 p.693. LISTED GRADE 2
C19 shops. Sandstone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2:5:2 bays, the wings
lower and set back; central 3 bays project under pediment. 4 shops in ground floor.
Flat stone lintels to windows above with renewed glazing to most; projecting stone
sills in each wing; sill band to central 5 bays. Eaves bands and gutter cornices.
House Carpenters' arms in pediment. Hipped roof has truncated end chimneys to main
block. Source: Mackenzie History of Newcastle Newcastle 1827 p.693. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424400
Northing
564070
Grid Reference
NZ424400564070
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/574