11-15 Bigg Market and Royal Court Yard

HER Number:
6454

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
11-15 Bigg Market and Royal Court Yard

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Armament Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ordnance Factory

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Designed by John Johnstone for W.R. Pape around 1882. Originally shops, restaurant and warehouse, it is now shops and offices. Elegant stone structure enclosing large windows with three decorative dormers. The Yard has rows of heavier pilasters and deep set windows. The warehouse for Pape at the far end of the Yard was designed by William Finley a year later. The ancient (possibly Elizabethan) Unicorn and Golden Lion Public Houses were demolished for Johnstone's new buildings. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
424760

Northing:
564120

Grid Reference:
NZ424760564120

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town