Description

NZ 26 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOUSTON STREET
(north side)
11/317 St. Paul's C. of E.
School (north part)
G.V. II
Barber Surgeon's hall, now part of church school. Circa 1850 by John Dobson for
Company of Barber Surgeons. Sandstone ashlar with long horizontal quoins; roof
not visible; felt-covered lantern. 2 storeys, 1:3:1 bays. South ground floor
openings blocked, except for central window converted to entrance, and obscured
by later school building; first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, the 3
central recessed and arcaded with impost bands and scrolled keys; DE
PRESCENTIA DEI inscribed around central of 3 round window heads with hollow-
chamfered reveals; staff of Aesculapius in spandrels; keyed architraves to sashes
in outer bays. Cornice and high parapet with pilasters and blocks. High
gambrel-shaped lantern for throwing light on dissecting table in demonstration
room.

Listing NGR: NZ2384463981

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439068

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)