1 Howard Street, Stagline Building
1 Howard Street, Stagline Building
HER Number
9833
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
1 Howard Street, Stagline Building
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
Site Type: Specific
Library
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Georgian 1714 to 1830
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Built in 1806-7. This was the subscription library of the Tynemouth Literary and Philosophical Society. It has an ashlar façade, a pediment over the central bay, a Tuscan doorcase and a Venetian window above it. In the gable there was once a clock.
Easting
435760
Northing
568220
Grid Reference
NZ435760568220
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 530; I. Ayris and S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 27; DoNH, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest; Richard Simpson, 1988, North Shields and Tynemouth - A Pictorial History; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 5 'The Wooden Dolly' and board 13 'The Tyne Gorge'; http://openplaques.org/plaques/6308