18 Blackett Street

18 Blackett Street

HER Number
9142
District
Newcastle
Site Name
18 Blackett Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This building was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Shop and offices. Dated 1895 below top window; by Cackett, for T. and G. Allan. Sandstone ashlar; 4 storeys and attic, 1 bay. Ground floor shop c.1980. Ornamented first floor pilasters support pulvinated frieze and cornice, with central semi-circle carved TAG. 7-light window, the central 5 a canted bay, in frame carved with garlands. Second floor has round-headed windows in keyed architraves with bracketed sills; third-floor windows have aprons, the central with date in cartouche and scrolled pediment above. Central attic window flanked by flat pilasters & consoles under cornice; roof balustrade. End ashlar-corniced chimney.' LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424890
Northing
564470
Grid Reference
NZ424890564470
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/108; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355213