Newgate Street, The Gate

HER Number

13514

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newgate Street, The Gate

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Cinema

Site Type: Specific

Cinema

General Period

21ST CENTURY

Specific Period

21st Century 2001 to 2100

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A 2.5 acre glass-fronted development of 1999-2002 by Geoffrey Reid Architects, crossing Low Friar Street by a glazed bridge. The developer claimed that the frontage was the highest glass-walled construction in the UK. Behind are a multiplex cinema, bars, clubs, casino, restaurants, shops and a car park.

Easting

424510

Northing

564260

Grid Reference

NZ424510564260

Sources

Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 172