Porch tomb. Circa 1806 to members of the Wright family died 1795-1806. Sandstone ashlar. Columns set against shaped slab, support small casket; low relief sarcophagus within. Historical note: John Wright of Dockwray Square was described as "founder of several elegant streets" in North Shields and Newcastle. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Porch tomb. Circa 1806 to members of the Wright family died 1795-1806. Sandstone ashlar. Columns set against shaped slab, support small casket; low relief sarcophagus within. Historical note: John Wright of Dockwray Square was described as "founder of several elegant streets" in North Shields and Newcastle.
Site Name
Tynemouth Priory, Wright tomb
Site Type: Specific
Tomb
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7336
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/73; H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, vol VIII
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437100
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Ashlar; Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Clock tower and drinking fountain. 1861 by Oliver and Lamb. Polychrome brick and ashlar with lead roofs. Venetian Gothic style. Tall square tower with 8-panelled door on east side. Arches over granite bowls on north and south sides. Clock faces under pyramidal roof. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Ornamental Clock
SITEDESC
Clock tower and drinking fountain. 1861 by Oliver and Lamb. Polychrome brick and ashlar with lead roofs. Venetian Gothic style. Tall square tower with 8-panelled door on east side. Arches over granite bowls on north and south sides. Clock faces under pyramidal roof. Presented by William Scott in "gratitude for benefit to his health from a stay in Tynemouth".
Site Name
Front Street, clock tower
Site Type: Specific
Ornamental Clock
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7335
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/71
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Portland Stone
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569390
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Statue. Dated 1902; signed Alfred Turner. Portland stone ashlar base; bronze statue. Two wide square steps to diagonal-buttressed square pedestal with inscription. Bronze statue of Queen Victoria in full robes sitting on throne; sceptre in right hand. Small statue of mother and child on right upright; left statue missing at time of survey. Historical note - erected by public subscription. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
Statue. Dated 1902; signed Alfred Turner. Portland stone ashlar base; bronze statue. Two wide square steps to diagonal-buttressed square pedestal with inscription. Bronze statue of Queen Victoria in full robes sitting on throne; sceptre in right hand. Small statue of mother and child on right upright; left statue missing at time of survey. Historical note - erected by public subscription.
Site Name
Front Street, statue of Queen Victoria
Site Type: Specific
Statue
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7334
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/70; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 206-7
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436770
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Granite
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569410
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Tynemouth
Description
War memorial. Circa 1920. Granite with bronze lettering. Circular bench divided by diagonal walls. Four tall concave slabs form central cenotaph bearing names of the dead; low relief sword and wreath. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
War memorial. Circa 1920. Granite with bronze lettering. Circular bench divided by diagonal walls. Four tall concave slabs form central cenotaph bearing names of the dead; low relief sword and wreath {1}. Unveiled 28th March 1925. A cenotaph 4m high of Cornish De Lank granite and freestone. It features a bronze sword encircled by a wreath and has a circular bench around it. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN 1914-1918 1939-1945". 89 names are listed for WW1 and 79 names for WW2. The Second World War names were added in 1999 and the monument unveiled again on 28th November 1999. The designer was Mr Steele, Tynemouth Borough Surveyor {www.newmp.org.uk}.
Site Name
Front Street, First World War Memorial
Site Type: Specific
Cenotaph
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7333
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/69; North East War Memorials (www.newmp.org.uk) T36.01
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436740
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569420
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Tynemouth
Description
War memorial 1902. Red sandstone ashlar; bronze plaques. Three square steps to square plinth. Octagonal curved plinth above with upper section missing. Panels on west and south commemmorate men of Tynemouth who died in South Africa 1899-1903. Erected by public subscription. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
The names are eroded, some are unreadable. The capstone has been removed by vandals. The monument is suffering from verdigris and stone decay {www.newmp.org.uk}
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
War memorial 1902. Red sandstone ashlar; bronze plaques. Three square steps to square plinth. Octagonal curved plinth above with upper section missing. Panels on west and south commemorate men of Tynemouth who died in South Africa 1899-1903. Erected by public subscription {1}. Unveiled 13th October 1903. "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO RECORD THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THE VILLAGE OF TYNEMOUTH WHO SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1903". 19 names are listed. The designer was Arthur B. Plummer. This monument unusually included the names of all those who volunteered to fight, not those who were killed in action {www.newmp.org.uk}.
Site Name
Front Street, South African War Memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7332
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/68; North East War Memorials (www.newmp.org.uk) T36.02
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
DAY2
09
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436850
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Congregational church - now shopping mall (Land of Green Ginger) and church hall adjoining to east. Church 1868 by Thomas Oliver; hall dated 1886 in door lintel. Coursed rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. Stone spire and spirelets. Modified late thirteenth century style. Church orientated north-south, ritual west to Front Street has tower at right. Steps up to tower double door, which has ballflower ornament to arch. Belfry openings on upper stages of tower. Arcades with slit windows. One-bay link to three-storey gabled hall of similar materials. Stone mullioned-and-transomed windows. Historical note - hall erected by members and friends of the Congregational church for public and educational purposes. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Congregational church - now shopping mall (Land of Green Ginger) and church hall adjoining to east. Church 1868 by Thomas Oliver; spire added 1874, hall dated 1886 in door lintel. Cost £5800. Coursed rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. Stone spire and spirelets. Modified late thirteenth century style. Church orientated north-south, ritual west to Front Street has tower at right. Steps up to tower double door, which has ballflower ornament to arch. Belfry openings on upper stages of tower. Arcades with slit windows. One-bay link to three-storey gabled hall of similar materials. Stone mullioned-and-transomed windows. Historical note - hall erected by members and friends of the Congregational church for public and educational purposes {1}. A brass South African War memorial plaque was erected in the church in 1903 {www.newmp.org.uk}. Out of religious use around 1973. Became a shopping mall in 1980.
Site Name
Front Street, Congregational Church
Site Type: Specific
Congregational Chapel
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7331
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/67; H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol VIII, p 377; www.newmp.org.uk N34.03; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Three houses and one shop. Mid eighteenth/early nineteenth century. English bond brick with ashlar dressings. Wood shop front. Welsh slate roof. Basement, two storeys and attic. Round brick passage arch at left. Shop inserted in No. 57. 6-panelled doors with overlights and hoods. Sash windows above shop and at left of Nos. 58 and 59. Three casement windows in dormers. Massive central and taller right brick chimneys. Interiors of Nos. 57 and 58 have staircase with ramped handrail. Shutters to No. 58. Interior of No. 59 not inspected. Historical note - Harriet Martineau, political writer and economist, lived here from 1840-45 while convalescing, and was visited by literary figures of the time including Thomas Carlyle and Charlotte Bronte. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Three houses and one shop. Mid eighteenth/early nineteenth century. English bond brick with ashlar dressings. Wood shop front. Welsh slate roof. Basement, two storeys and attic. Round brick passage arch at left. Shop inserted in No. 57. 6-panelled doors with overlights and hoods. Sash windows above shop and at left of Nos. 58 and 59. Three casement windows in dormers. Massive central and taller right brick chimneys. Interiors of Nos. 57 and 58 have staircase with ramped handrail. Shutters to No. 58. Interior of No. 59 not inspected. Historical note - Harriet Martineau, political writer and economist, lived here from 1840-45 while convalescing, and was visited by literary figures of the time including Thomas Carlyle and Charlotte Bronte.
Site Name
57, 58 and 59 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7330
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/66 and 10/66; W.W. Tomlinson, 1893, Notes on Cullercoats, Whitley and Monkseaton, p 71
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Render
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
House. Mid eighteenth century with nineteenth century shop front. Painted incised render; Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. Central 4-panelled door with large overlight in late nineteenth century doorcase. Slender Gothic pilasters to elliptical-headed shop windows and to shop door. Inserted twentieth century window. Stone sills to nineteenth century sash windows on upper floors. Rendered gable. Two brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Mid eighteenth century with nineteenth century shop front. Painted incised render; Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. Central 4-panelled door with large overlight in late nineteenth century doorcase. Slender Gothic pilasters to elliptical-headed shop windows and to shop door. Inserted twentieth century window. Stone sills to nineteenth century sash windows on upper floors. Rendered gable. Two brick chimneys.
Site Name
56 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7329
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/65
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
House. Early nineteenth century. Brick. Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. 6-panelled door in first bay under fanlight. Greek key decoration to round-headed door surround. Sash windows. One twentieth century window on second floor. Stone lintels and sills. Brick chimney with ashlar cornice. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Early nineteenth century. Brick. Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. 6-panelled door in first bay under fanlight. Greek key decoration to round-headed door surround. Sash windows. One twentieth century window on second floor. Stone lintels and sills. Brick chimney with ashlar cornice.
Site Name
55 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7328
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/64
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
House. Late eighteenth century. Brick with low, painted, rendered plinth. Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. Central 6-panelled door with overlight under canopy. Flat brick arch to door. Sash windows. Brick arches to windows on ground and first floor. Flat brick arches to second. Blocked up inserted door. Brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Late eighteenth century. Brick with low, painted, rendered plinth. Welsh slate roof. Three storeys. Central 6-panelled door with overlight under canopy. Flat brick arch to door. Sash windows. Brick arches to windows on ground and first floor. Flat brick arches to second. Blocked up inserted door. Brick chimneys.
Site Name
54 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7327
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/63