Listing Text

NZ 26 SW and NZ 2364 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WESTGATE ROAD
(north side)
11/583 and 18/583 No. 358 (The Balmoral
Public House)
G.V. II
2 houses, now public house. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar and pecked stone; Welsh
slate roof. 2 builds. Left part: basement and 2 storeys, 2 bays, lO steps curved
round right angle to flushed door at right, in flat Tuscan doorcase with prominent
cornice. C19 oriel inserted at left; sashes above under flat stone lintels have
late C19 glazing bars and sill band. Ground floor sill band interrupted by oriel.
Eaves band and gutter cornice. Ashlar end chimney raised in brick. Steps have plain
iron railings and handrail with downcurled end. Right part: rusticated ground and
first floors; rusticated quoins to second floor. 3 storeys, 1 bay. Aproned sills
and flat stone lintels to renewed ground-floor window and first-floor sash with
glazing bars; similar second-floor window with sill band. Eaves gutter cornice; 2
chimneys behind. Right return: 3 storeys, 2 windows and 3 narrow bays; rusticated
first floor in left part and 2 gabled porches. Small-paned ground-floor windows;
sashes with glazing bars above; bands at second floor level and sill level; eaves
gutter cornice. Cast iron area railings.

Listing NGR: NZ2350464299