65, 66 and 67 Borough Road

HER Number:
7276

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
65, 66 and 67 Borough Road

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:
Almshouse

Site Type: Specific:
Almshouse

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Sailor's Home, now offices. 1854-6 by Benjamin Green for 4th Duke of Northumberland. Ashlar with rusticated ground floor. Welsh slate roof. L-plan. Three storeys and attic. Bays defined by flat giant Ionic pilasters. 4-panelled door under fanlight. Double door in glazed round-headed opening. Round-headed windows. Dentilled entablature to second floor. Elliptical-headed carriage entrance. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
435610

Northing:
567900

Grid Reference:
NZ435610567900

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/43; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 529