71 to 75 Westgate Road
71 to 75 Westgate Road
HER Number
              9111
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              71 to 75 Westgate Road
          Place
              Newcastle
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SW
          Class
              Domestic
          Site Type: Broad
              House
          Site Type: Specific
              House
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              Houses, now arts centre. Late C18 with C19 shops. Stucco, probably on brick, with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Reeded pilasters to shpps. Carriage entrance at left. Wedge stone lintels and stone sills to windows with wide boxes, those of No.71 renewed sashes with glazing bars, the remainder empty at time of survey, first floor sill band. Interior of No. 71 shows complete original staircase, with 2 turned balusters to a tread and ramped handrail; some original door and window woodwork.
Gabled rear wing of No. 71 has tumbled-in brickwork; behind No. 75 is a short link to a stucco early C19 extension. Undergoing renovation at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2
          Gabled rear wing of No. 71 has tumbled-in brickwork; behind No. 75 is a short link to a stucco early C19 extension. Undergoing renovation at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
              424510
          Northing
              564000
          Grid Reference
              NZ424510564000
    Sources
              Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/599