Tyne and Wear HER(8996): Newcastle, Eldon Place, Claremont Buildings - Details
8996
Newcastle
Newcastle, Eldon Place, Claremont Buildings
Newcastle
NZ26NW
Commercial
Shop
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Shops and offices, now University Chaplaincy. Dated 1896 by W. Hope for Fairless
Harrison, tanner; 1905 additions. Steel frame and sandstone ashlar; graduated
slate roof with copper dome to turret. 3 storeys and attic, 6 irregular bays.
Pilasters, Doric Order on ground floor and Composite on first, define 4 right bays
with shop windows on ground floor and similar windows on first. 2 left bays have
office entrance at right under segmental canopy; altered ground floor to these and
to third bay. Sash windows elsewhere, those on second floor grouped, in panelled
pilasters under segmental pediments. Right corner entrance to shop under corbelled
turret. Gabled dormers over 2 left bays and 3 right, linked by pierced parapet,
have raised shaped pediments and ball finials. Tall ashlar chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
2486
6504
NZ24866504
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/220