Northumberland Road, Brady and Martin Building

HER Number

5171

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Northumberland Road, Brady and Martin Building

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Warehouse

Site Type: Specific

Warehouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A former office and warehouse built from 1890 to 1897 by W.L. Newcombe for Brady and Martin, wholesale chemical manufacturers; now part of the University of Northumbria. Red brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys. Rusticated pilasters support ground floor entablature; giant Ionic Order above has modillioned cornice. Main block has central door and fanlight in doorcase with scrolled pediment. Ground floor oriel windows have Ipswich glazing bars; paired sashes above. Redeveloped behind front façade. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

425180

Northing

564840

Grid Reference

NZ425180564840

Sources

<< HER 5171 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 30; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 17/426; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 40 and 195