23 Mill Dam, former post office
23 Mill Dam, former post office
HER Number
4516
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
23 Mill Dam, former post office
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This building was listed Grade II in 1983 with the following description:
'Early C19, altered. This building is included for the mid C19 shop front. The building is two storeys and attic, one bay and slate roof. Pleasantly eccentric shop front of two windows and a central door. Panelled window stalls. Door recessed, its upper part glazed, with three centred head, lower part panelled. Fanlight above. Windows single sheets of glass. A modillioned cornice over all. The cornice is supported by four 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.' {1}.
Now part of the Steamboat Public House, No. 23 Mill Dam has four very long richly carved scrolled brackets on its shopfront, which extend half way down the window frame. Each scroll is topped by a carved grotesque male head. LISTED GRADE 2
'Early C19, altered. This building is included for the mid C19 shop front. The building is two storeys and attic, one bay and slate roof. Pleasantly eccentric shop front of two windows and a central door. Panelled window stalls. Door recessed, its upper part glazed, with three centred head, lower part panelled. Fanlight above. Windows single sheets of glass. A modillioned cornice over all. The cornice is supported by four 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.' {1}.
Now part of the Steamboat Public House, No. 23 Mill Dam has four very long richly carved scrolled brackets on its shopfront, which extend half way down the window frame. Each scroll is topped by a carved grotesque male head. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435975
Northing
566881
Grid Reference
NZ435975566881
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;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277489
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;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277489