New Bridge Street West, Watson and Norham Houses
New Bridge Street West, Watson and Norham Houses
HER Number
12901
District
Newcastle
Site Name
New Bridge Street West, Watson and Norham Houses
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Three 1930s commercial buildings. Shops at ground floor, offices above. Steel with brick skins and sandstone facades. Five storeys with a parapet and a small attic at the east end. Watson House is the largest element and has its main door in a chamfered face at the junction of Pilgrim Street and New Bridge Street West under a decorated parapet.
Easting
424990
Northing
564470
Grid Reference
NZ424990564470
Sources
Archaeological Services University of Durham, August 2006, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological desk-based assessment and photographic record, part 2: gazeteer, pages 73-75; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, page 186