32 to 34 Fish Quay, Vita House

HER Number:
10861

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
32 to 34 Fish Quay, Vita House

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Warehouse

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Warehouse

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Typical of the Fish Quay's late nineteenth century architecture. Vita House is a two storey, east-west range of purpose-built fish stores off Union Road. It retains original ground floor openings (now with roller shutters), a Welsh slate roof and an unaltered rear elevation. The south elevation has a overhanging gallery at first floor and a large square hanging clock projecting from the south-west corner at eaves level.

Easting:
436270

Northing:
568510

Grid Reference:
NZ436270568510

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust, 2001, Clifford's Fort, North Shields - Draft Conservation Plan, page 54