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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Michael Parris

'Sad day for Newcastle': City's 'oldest timber building' demolished for units

The old house at 74 King Street being demolished on Thursday. Image supplied

A demolition crew has knocked down an old timber house in Newcastle's city centre despite concerns from the National Trust and nearby landowners that it was an important heritage building.

An excavator levelled the two-storey house at 74 King Street on Thursday to make way for the final stage of Iris Capital's EastEnd residential development.

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