Jesmond, St. George's Terrace

HER Number:
13436

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, St. George's Terrace

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Combined shops and dwellings on the west side of St. George's Terrace between Thornleigh Road and Coniston Avenue. Completed in 1900. In 1910 the shops included a drapers, a creamery, ladies' outfitter, bakery, grocery and pharmacy. Today they are a coffee house, post office, estate agency, pharmacy and wine shop. The rest of the road was completed by 1906 with ten more shops, terraced houses and two churches.

Easting:
2526

Northing:
6651

Grid Reference:
NZ25266651

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 86