8 and 10 The Close (Quayside Studios)
8 and 10 The Close (Quayside Studios)
HER Number
9002
District
Newcastle
Site Name
8 and 10 The Close (Quayside Studios)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shops and houses, now offices. Circa 1830. Incised stucco with ashlar dressings;
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 8 bays. Reeded Tuscan pilasters and entablature
frame ground-floor shops. Upper floors have plain sashes in architraves,
pedimented on first floor and each with pulvinated frieze and cornice on second
floor; second-floor bracketed sill string. Third floor windows have plain reveals.
Top cornice and coped high parapet. Rendered ridge chimneys. 2 iron handrails
attached to right return alongside Castle Stairs: round-section rails with
downcurved ends, attached on iron brackets. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 8 bays. Reeded Tuscan pilasters and entablature
frame ground-floor shops. Upper floors have plain sashes in architraves,
pedimented on first floor and each with pulvinated frieze and cornice on second
floor; second-floor bracketed sill string. Third floor windows have plain reveals.
Top cornice and coped high parapet. Rendered ridge chimneys. 2 iron handrails
attached to right return alongside Castle Stairs: round-section rails with
downcurved ends, attached on iron brackets. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425114
Northing
563810
Grid Reference
NZ425114563810
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/187; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2008, Mansion House Chambers, 8-10 The Close, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Buildings Recording