11, 13 to 21 Percy Street

11, 13 to 21 Percy Street

HER Number
9932
District
Newcastle
Site Name
11, 13 to 21 Percy Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Row
Site Type: Specific
Row
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The buildings of Percy Street West are all brick structures, which are now used as shops and pubs. The designs vary from building to building, although a coherent style is maintained in several of the buildings. Number 11 stands out from the other buildings in the vicinity. It is a two storey brick building with an attic and stone decoration contrasting with the red brick material. The building is now divided into two shops, but was originally the premises of a carriage works and still bears the sign ‘Carriage Proprietors. T Howe & Co. Carriage Proprietors’. The building is also significant as the original home of the People’s Theatre when it was set up in the early 1900s as the ‘Clarion Dramatic Club’. LOCAL LIST
Easting
424590
Northing
564530
Grid Reference
NZ424590564530
Sources
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, page 34