Newcastle, Castle Stairs, tenement dwellings

HER Number:
6542

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Stairs, tenement dwellings

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Tenement Block

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There was a speculative development of tenement dwellings on the east side of Castle Stairs in around 1745, by William Mills. By 1758, Mills had also acquired a block of buildings called Clogger's Row adjoining the eastern side of the Keep.

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J. Nolan, 1990, The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne after 1600, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XV.