Northumberland Street, Fenwick's

HER Number

9917

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Northumberland Street, Fenwick's

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shop

Site Type: Specific

Department Store

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Fenwick’s department store is Newcastle’s most famous shop, and one of the earliest department stores in the city. The five storey store possesses an attractive white stone colonnaded frontage, including ornate wreath carvings between each column, and iron railings at roof level. While the store at this present site dates back to 1882 the white stone façade dates back to 1913.

Easting

424860

Northing

564530

Grid Reference

NZ424860564530

Sources

Newcastle City Council, 2005, Draft Local List; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, page 35 and 155; Geoffrey Fisher and Rev. Terry Hurst, North East Methodist History Society, 2009, Brunswick Place 1821-1992, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 16-17; Newcastle City Libraries, 1986, Gone but not forgotten 7 - Shops and Shopping, 6; Wikipedia; Anne Pimlott Baker, ‘Fenwick family (per. 1882–1979)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; https://www.fenwick.co.uk/about-fenwick/history