Stowell Street

HER Number

6512

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Stowell Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

This street, began in 1824, was built through the Blackfriars precinct. It was a dead end until the 1850s when a gap was made through the town wall south of Heber Tower to link it with Bath Lane.

Easting

424350

Northing

564140

Grid Reference

NZ424350564140

Sources

D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 174