Elswick Road, Junior School

HER Number:
6335

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick Road, Junior School

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
School

Site Type: Specific:
Junior School

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. A photo exists of the school in 1974. A very grand building similar to Westgate Hill Primary School, which is listed. Three storeys, built in brick with ashlar detailing. The main elevation seems to have three projecting gables with tall rectangular windows. The central single-pitch gable has Tudor style timber detail above the third floor windows. It is a pentagonal bay. The gables to either side have decorative stepped gables with finials. There are a series of tall decorative chimneys. Windows in the rest of the building are smaller and square.

Easting:
422740

Northing:
563800

Grid Reference:
NZ422740563800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map