98, 99 and 100 Howard Street

These three houses, at numbers 98, 99 and 100 Howard Street, were built around 1796 as part of the development of North Shields. The land was purchased in 1796 by John Wright, a lawyer and property developer, who was creating a high-status residential area.

The houses are constructed of Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings. Each is two bays wide and three storeys tall, with some having attics. Numbers 98 and 99 have shop fronts inserted into the ground floor, featuring deep reveals to the doors and fanlights. Number 100 has a plinth and rendered ground floor section, and a doorcase with an open pediment and fanlight on its north side, with C20th century windows to the south. The upper floors have sill bands, wedge stone window lintels, and window sashes with glazing bars. The roofs are covered in Welsh slate with stone gable copings, and brick end chimneys. Numbers 99 and 100 have elliptical-headed roof dormers.