Norfolk Street, Albion Assembly Rooms
Norfolk Street, Albion Assembly Rooms
HER Number
9828
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Norfolk Street, Albion Assembly Rooms
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Assembly Rooms
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1853 (Lynn Pearson says 1873) by J.R. Robson. Ten bays and two tall storeys, tall Doric pilasters and arched upper windows. This was the first known North East roller skating rink. The building is now occupied by shops.
Easting
435727
Northing
568370
Grid Reference
NZ435727568370
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 530; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 18