Newcastle, Westgate Road, Nos. 279 and 281

HER Number:
15473

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Nos. 279 and 281

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Two storey brick commercial buildings. Sash windows at first floor level with projecting sills and splayed stone lintels. Projecting quoins at the south-eastern angle have been replaced in painted wood, covering a change when No. 277 was still standing. The ground floors have wide glazed shopfronts. No. 279 was originally divided to two properties that were let separately. There are cellars under the front rooms. Each property is room rooms deep and has a rear yard. There are chimneys in the gable walls.

Easting:
2387

Northing:
6415

Grid Reference:
NZ23876415

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2005, 273-281 Westgate Road, Newcastle, archaeological desk-based assessment and building recording