23 to 29 The Side (Proctor House)
23 to 29 The Side (Proctor House)
HER Number
9218
District
Newcastle
Site Name
23 to 29 The Side (Proctor House)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Hardware Shop
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shop and warehouse. Dated 1907 on rainwater head. Red granite ground floor; Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; ashlar top floor. Roof not visible. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Yard entrance at left with grille over; 3 wide bays to shop with central re-cessed entrance of double door under open pediment with side lights and overlights; slender pilasters to shop windows in plain surrounds. Shallow 2-storey canted bays above have stone surrounds and strips linking floors; double keys, the central with swagged bracket, in broken pediments. Slightly projecting outer bays have one window to each floor. Second-floor cornice. Top floor has tall keyed architraves to end sashes under segmental pediments; Diocletian windows over canted bays with prominent cornice above. Rainwater heads at left 'RE/BUILT/1907', at right '168?'. In 2017 this is a hotel. Thomas Proctor & Son Ltd was officially established in 1798. Proctor House on The Side was the company base and they had yards on the Quayside. The company was an ironmonger and shipping merchant. The company is now based at Proctor House, Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425150
Northing
563910
Grid Reference
NZ425150563910
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/527; Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newsbullelin No. 62, June 2017