South Shields, Mill Dam, No. 23 (former post office)

HER Number:
4516

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Mill Dam, No. 23 (former post office)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This is an early 19th century building which, though altered, is included in the HER for its mid-19th century shop frontage. The building is 2 storeys high with an attic,and has a single bay and slate roof. The pleasantly eccentric shop front incorporates 2 windows and a central door, with panelled window stalls. The door is recessed, its upper part glazed, with a 3-centred head, the lower part panelled. The cornice is supported by 4 very long, richly carved, scrolled brackets which extend some half way down the window frame. Each is coped by a carved grotesque male head which breaks into the cornice line. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3596

Northing:
6688

Grid Reference:
NZ35966688

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4516 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, September 2006, Mill Dam Conservation Area; George B. Hodgson, 1996, Borough of South Shields (first published 1903); N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham