Town Hall and Police Station, West Street
Town Hall and Police Station, West Street
HER Number
8316
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Town Hall and Police Station, West Street
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Town Hall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1868-70 by John Johnstone. Ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Substantial composition in
neo-Romanesque style with errant details. Two storeys, two, three and two bays.
Central block taller and projecting, with bays framed in pilasters supporting heavy
entablature with ornamental frieze and modillion cornice. Balustraded balcony over
has corner pedestals with urns (some missing) central segmental pediment with
allegorical figures and plinth with larger figure above. Side sections have lower,
hip ended roofs and simpler entablatures also resting on pilasters. Paired round
arched first floor windows, those in centre in round arched recesses with oculi in
heads. Ground floor paired segmental headed windows, banded pilasters and
rusticated plinth. LISTED GRADE 2
neo-Romanesque style with errant details. Two storeys, two, three and two bays.
Central block taller and projecting, with bays framed in pilasters supporting heavy
entablature with ornamental frieze and modillion cornice. Balustraded balcony over
has corner pedestals with urns (some missing) central segmental pediment with
allegorical figures and plinth with larger figure above. Side sections have lower,
hip ended roofs and simpler entablatures also resting on pilasters. Paired round
arched first floor windows, those in centre in round arched recesses with oculi in
heads. Ground floor paired segmental headed windows, banded pilasters and
rusticated plinth. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425480
Northing
563390
Grid Reference
NZ425480563390
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/118; S. Taylor and D. Lovie, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, pp 13-17; Gateshead Council Local List; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 72-3; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20