Description

TYNEMOUTH HOWARD STREET (west side)
NZ 3568 SE
14/81 North Shields
24.10.85 No. 1
G.V. II
Subscription library, now offices. 1806-07 for the Tynemouth Literary and
Philosophical Society. Sandstone ashlar with roll-moulded plinth; rusticated
ground floor; brick returns and rear; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable
coping and end brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 1:3:1 bays, the central section under
pediment. Central 6-panelled door in pedimented Tuscan doorcase with fluted
frieze; pilasters & entablature in similar style to flanking windows; tall
Venetian window in Ionic Order above flanked by roundel in pediment; voussoirs
to 2 ground-floor sash windows in end bays; single window with plain stone
lintel above. All first-floor sashes have margin lights; sill bands. Similar
sashes in left return gable and large roundel in gable peak. Historical note:
roundels formerly contained clocks. Source: Newcastle Chronicle 7th November
1807.

Listing NGR: NZ3576268230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26276241

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