Mansion House Yard, The Close
Mansion House Yard, The Close
HER Number
10443
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Mansion House Yard, The Close
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Courtyard
Site Type: Specific
Courtyard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Between 2018-2019 an archaeological evaluation identified the truncated sandstone remains of 19th-20th century warehouses and subsequent ancillary structures. Deposits showed extensive landscape remodelling. And a single sherd of medieval pottery was found in a previous borehole core.
Between 2018-2019 an archaeological evaluation identified the truncated sandstone remains of 19th-20th century warehouses and subsequent ancillary structures. Deposits showed extensive landscape remodelling. And a single sherd of medieval pottery was found in a previous borehole core.
Easting
424990
Northing
563690
Grid Reference
NZ424990563690
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Cockcroft, D and Nicholson, M 2019, Archaeological Evaluation at Riverview Melia Hotel, The Close, Newcastle upon Tyne