1860-62, Thomas Hawksley engineer.
Built by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company and began working in 1862. Brick with stone dressings and rusticated quoins. Hipped slate roofs. The
buildings are in an Italianate Rundbogenstil, the narrow windows mostly alternating
single and coupled. One storey. All buildings have deep overhanging eaves with bow brackets {1}. The pumping station originally operated by steam from coal fired boilers. 470 pounds of coal were used per hour {2}. The main entrance is via two large arches in the west wall. These probably gave access to coal wagons. The eastern part of the building was a blacksmith's workshop. The northern and southern façades of this building have two symmetrically opposed entrances, the western one was blocked by 1870. The windows in these facades are semi-circular like the fanlights above the doorways {3}.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
1860-62, Thomas Hawksley engineer.
Built by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company and began working in 1862. Brick with stone dressings and rusticated quoins. Hipped slate roofs. The
buildings are in an Italianate Rundbogenstil, the narrow windows mostly alternating
single and coupled. One storey. All buildings have deep overhanging eaves with bow brackets {1}. The pumping station originally operated by steam from coal fired boilers. 470 pounds of coal were used per hour {2}. The main entrance is via two large arches in the west wall. These probably gave access to coal wagons. The eastern part of the building was a blacksmith's workshop. The northern and southern façades of this building have two symmetrically opposed entrances, the western one was blocked by 1870. The windows in these facades are semi-circular like the fanlights above the doorways {3}.
Site Name
Cleadon Water Pumping Station, smithy or coal house
Site Type: Specific
Engine House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9106
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Historic and Architectual Interest, 14/68; South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Hills Conservation Area Character Appraisal; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, January 2003, Archaeological Building Recording at Cleadon Waterworks, Cleadon Hill; Dr S.M. Linsley, 1976, Thomas Hawksley and the Steam Powered Water Pumping Stations of the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company in The Cleveland Industrial Archaeologist, No. 6, pages 11-18
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
16
District
Newcastle
Easting
2480
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6425
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Ground floor
altered. Upper floors have giant Ionic Order. Flat pilasters, the inner 4 fluted,
flank sashes with glazing bars in plain reveals. Second floor has sill band and
entablature with prominent cornice. Top floor has panelled pilasters flanking
windows, some altered, under cornice and blocking course with blocks above
pilasters. LISTED GRADE 2*
Site Type: Broad
Shopping Parade
SITEDESC
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Ground floor
altered. Upper floors have giant Ionic Order. Flat pilasters, the inner 4 fluted,
flank sashes with glazing bars in plain reveals. Second floor has sill band and
entablature with prominent cornice. Top floor has panelled pilasters flanking
windows, some altered, under cornice and blocking course with blocks above
pilasters.
Site Name
108 and 110 Grainger Street
Site Type: Specific
Shopping Parade
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9105
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/268
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
16
District
Newcastle
Easting
2482
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6438
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys; 19 bays and one-bay
curved corner to former High Friar Street:, now Eldon Shopping Centre. Ground
floor altered. First floor tripartite windows in end pavilions have Tuscan
pilasters and entablature with pedimented projecting centre; tripartite windows
on each floor above, with architraves and bracketed sills on second floor and
plain reveals on third. Central pavilion has architraves to first-and second-
floor windows, and cornices, the central pedimented, on first floor; bracketed
sills on second floor, plain reveals on third. All windows sashes, some with
glazing bars. Plainer intermediate sections have pilasters and entablature to
first-floor windows, second-floor sill string and entablature with prominent
cornice. Top cornice and blocking course. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Shopping Parade
SITEDESC
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys; 19 bays and one-bay
curved corner to former High Friar Street:, now Eldon Shopping Centre. Ground
floor altered. First floor tripartite windows in end pavilions have Tuscan
pilasters and entablature with pedimented projecting centre; tripartite windows
on each floor above, with architraves and bracketed sills on second floor and
plain reveals on third. Central pavilion has architraves to first-and second-
floor windows, and cornices, the central pedimented, on first floor; bracketed
sills on second floor, plain reveals on third. All windows sashes, some with
glazing bars. Plainer intermediate sections have pilasters and entablature to
first-floor windows, second-floor sill string and entablature with prominent
cornice. Top cornice and blocking course. Second edition OS shows the Monument Inn at the north end of the terrace. McCombie - retained façade with altered shops. Part of Eldon Square Shopping Centre.
Site Name
139 to 159 Grainger Street
Site Type: Specific
Shopping Parade
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9104
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/260; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.158
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
16
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
2211
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6541
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Fenham
Description
House. Fenham Hall, 1748 by D. Garrett, with south tympanum carved by James
Guthrie, for John Ord, mayor of Newcastle. North front and wings early C19 by
Newton; east front mid C19. Became R.C. Convent school and college in 1905.
Sandstone ashlar. North front Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and quoins.
Graduated Lakeland slate roofs. E-plan. 2 storeys. Original garden front: 9
bays with 13-bay pedimented projecting centre, set-back outer bays. Plinth band.
Arcaded ground floor centre has central niche. All windows altered in original
architraves, those on ground floor outer bays with pulvinated friezes and pediments.
Top cornice and parapet. Ord arms in pediment. Entrance front 11 bays: end bays
project deeply with quoins; 3 central bays project with giant Tuscan engaged
columns and pediment. Central door, up 5 steps, and sashes with glazing bars, all
in architraves; ground floor cornices. 9-bay east front, in French C18 style,
has central door under open segmental pediment. Interior: 1908 chapel has Ionic
Order to chancel and reredos arches; entablature; panelled, low barrel-vaulted
ceiling. Original interior destroyed by fire in 1908. About to become empty at
time of survey. Sources: E. Mackenzie View of the County of Northumberland
Newcastle 1825 p.410; Society of the Sacred Heart St. Mary's College Fenham
1905-1985 n.d. LISTED GRADE 2* An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 2013 ahead of the construction of the 6th form building extenstion. No archaeological deposits were found.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Fenham Hall, 1748 by Daniel Garrett, with south tympanum carved by James Guthrie, for John Ord, mayor of Newcastle. North front and wings early C19 by Newton; east front mid C19. Became R.C. Convent school and college in 1905.
Sandstone ashlar. North front Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and quoins.
Graduated Lakeland slate roofs. E-plan. 2 storeys. Original garden front: 9
bays with 13-bay pedimented projecting centre, set-back outer bays. Plinth band.
Arcaded ground floor centre has central niche. All windows altered in original
architraves, those on ground floor outer bays with pulvinated friezes and pediments.
Top cornice and parapet. Ord arms in pediment. Entrance front 11 bays: end bays
project deeply with quoins; 3 central bays project with giant Tuscan engaged
columns and pediment. Central door, up 5 steps, and sashes with glazing bars, all
in architraves; ground floor cornices. 9-bay east front, in French C18 style,
has central door under open segmental pediment. Interior: 1908 chapel has Ionic
Order to chancel and reredos arches; entablature; panelled, low barrel-vaulted
ceiling. Original interior destroyed by fire in 1908. About to become empty at
time of survey. Sources: E. Mackenzie View of the County of Northumberland
Newcastle 1825 p.410; Society of the Sacred Heart St. Mary's College Fenham
1905-1985 n.d. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 2013 ahead of the construction of the 6th form building extenstion. No archaeological deposits were found.
Site Name
Fenham Hall, Fenham Hall Drive
Site Type: Specific
Country House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9103
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 8/237; E. Mackenzie, 1825, View of the County of Northumberland, p.410; Society of the Sacred Heart St. Mary's College Fenham,
1905-1985; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 517; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 13; AD Archaeology, 2013, Sacred Heart RC High School, Fenham, Archaeological Evaluation
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
16
DAY2
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
25146
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
07
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
64696
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
This terrace of houses was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Terrace of houses, in use as Polytechnic buildings, offices and a surgery at the time of listing. Circa 1810. English bond brick with painted ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. 5 houses of 3 storeys and attics, from 5 to 3 bays. Nos. one and 2 have central ashlar porches an classical style, that to No. one having arch, pilasters and cornice and blocking course; No.2 has pilasters and open segmental pediment with cornice and blocking course 6-panelled doors, double in porches, under fanlights; doorcases to Nos. 3 and 4 have fluted necking and dentilled pediments; doorcase removed from No. 5. Renewed sashes with wedge stone lintels; projecting stone sills to second floor, sill bands to ground and first floors. Porch of No.1 has plaque inscribed 'Matthew White Esq., Mayor/Joseph Atkinson Esq., Sheriffe/1692. Interior of No.1 has Venetian stair landing window in Ionic case with arms of Newcastle in glass. Historical note: No. one was the Mansion House of Newcastle in the C19. No. 5 was the home of William Boutland Wilkinson, an early patentee of reinforced concrete in the modern sense. Sources: J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955.' LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
This terrace of houses was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Terrace of houses, in use as Polytechnic buildings, offices and a surgery at the time of listing. Circa 1810. English bond brick with painted ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. 5 houses of 3 storeys and attics, from 5 to 3 bays. Nos. one and 2 have central ashlar porches an classical style, that to No. one having arch, pilasters and cornice and blocking course; No.2 has pilasters and open segmental pediment with cornice and blocking course 6-panelled doors, double in porches, under fanlights; doorcases to Nos. 3 and 4 have fluted necking and dentilled pediments; doorcase removed from No. 5. Renewed sashes with wedge stone lintels; projecting stone sills to second floor, sill bands to ground and first floors. Porch of No.1 has plaque inscribed 'Matthew White Esq., Mayor/Joseph Atkinson Esq., Sheriffe/1692. Interior of No.1 has Venetian stair landing window in Ionic case with arms of Newcastle in glass. Historical note: No. one was the Mansion House of Newcastle in the C19. No. 5 was the home of William Boutland Wilkinson, an early patentee of reinforced concrete in the modern sense. Sources: J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955.'
On the second edition OS the westernmost house is called 'Mansion House'.
Site Name
1 to 5 Ellison Place
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9102
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, 1987, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 17/224; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190; J.M. Brown Transactions of the Newcomen Society XXXIX; W.F. Cassie 'Early Reinforced Concrete in Newcastle upon Tyne' Structural Engineer April 1955; Vindomora Solutions, 2021 Ellison Terrace, 1-5 Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological building recording; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1320379
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
16
DAY2
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
2278
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6381
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Elswick
Description
This church was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Nonconformist church. 1901-2 by G. Baines & Son. Bright red brick with biscuit- coloured terracotta dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat terracotta copings. Aligned north-south. 4-bay nave with ritual north-west tower; twin transepts; shallow chancel. Free Perpendicular style. Ritual west (facing street) has central gabled porch containing double door, with elaborate hinges, in Tudor- arched surround with chamfered jambs; deep buttresses on porch. High window above with shafts rising to stilted gable pediment containing blind tracery; buttresses flank porch and window. Tower at left of 3 low stages has door with traceried overlight in Tudor arch; ogee drip mould; 5-light cusped belfry openings; roll- moulded coping to battlements; parabolic slated tower with tall finial. Crocket finials to gabled buttresses. Roll-moulded coping to transept gables. Said to have hammer-beam roof. Disused at time of survey.'
Last service was in 1979 then disused. Demolished late 1986 or early 1987 due to being unsafe. Listed on 13 March 1987, after it had been demolished, and still appears on the NHLE.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
This church was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Nonconformist church. 1901-2 by G. Baines & Son. Bright red brick with biscuit- coloured terracotta dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat terracotta copings. Aligned north-south. 4-bay nave with ritual north-west tower; twin transepts; shallow chancel. Free Perpendicular style. Ritual west (facing street) has central gabled porch containing double door, with elaborate hinges, in Tudor- arched surround with chamfered jambs; deep buttresses on porch. High window above with shafts rising to stilted gable pediment containing blind tracery; buttresses flank porch and window. Tower at left of 3 low stages has door with traceried overlight in Tudor arch; ogee drip mould; 5-light cusped belfry openings; roll- moulded coping to battlements; parabolic slated tower with tall finial. Crocket finials to gabled buttresses. Roll-moulded coping to transept gables. Said to have hammer-beam roof. Disused at time of survey.'
Last service was in 1979 then disused. Demolished late 1986 or early 1987 due to being unsafe. Listed on 13 March 1987, after it had been demolished, and still appears on the NHLE.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Wyclif Baptist Church
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9101
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/228; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1320375
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
AREA_STAT
Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5285
DAY1
16
District
Newcastle
Easting
2243
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar; Granite
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6366
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Canopied tomb. Circa 1870 for Mather family. Sandstone ashlar and pink and grey
granite. Gothic style. High plinth supports arcaded canopy with much tracery
and decoration. Chest tombs of Joseph Mather, died 1863, and members of his
family, and of C.T.N. Mather, died 1873. Some tracery damaged, finials missing
and tomb copings slightly misplaced at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Canopied tomb. Circa 1870 for Mather family. Sandstone ashlar and pink and grey
granite. Gothic style. High plinth supports arcaded canopy with much tracery
and decoration. Chest tombs of Joseph Mather, died 1863, and members of his
family, and of C.T.N. Mather, died 1873. Some tracery damaged, finials missing
and tomb copings slightly misplaced at time of survey.
Site Name
St. John's Cemetery, Mather tomb
Site Type: Specific
Canopied Tomb
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9100
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/232
YEAR1
2006
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
11858
DAY1
06
DAY2
07
District
S Tyneside
Easting
3864
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Limestone
MONTH1
08
MONTH2
07
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6342
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Cleadon
Description
A discreet group of functional buildings in limestone and slate. In good condition with recent lime-rich pointing. Single high brick arched entrance into the courtyard. The farmhouse is a simple square hip roofed building with regular fenestration.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
A discreet group of functional buildings in limestone and slate. In good condition with recent lime-rich pointing. Single high brick arched entrance into the courtyard. The farmhouse is a simple square hip roofed building with regular fenestration. NAA suggest that the farm was established in the 18th century owned by Thomas and Elizabeth Gower. Listed as Sunny Hill, farmer Brian Roberts in 1828.
Site Name
Sunniside Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
9099
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Hills Conservation Area Character Appraisal; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
16
District
Newcastle
Easting
2496
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6410
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
House. Early C18. English garden wall bond brick of varying patterns; roof not visible. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Doors in third and fourth bays, that at left renewed under 2-pane overlight, that at right double and boarded with broad glazing bars to overlight. Soldier-course lintels to wide-boxed sashes with glazing bars; larger ground floor windows with some alterations. Floor strings. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Early C18. English garden wall bond brick of varying patterns; roof not visible. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Doors in third and fourth bays, that at left renewed under 2-pane overlight, that at right double and boarded with broad glazing bars to overlight. Soldier-course lintels to wide-boxed sashes with glazing bars; larger ground floor windows with some alterations. Floor strings. McCombie - mullion and transom windows.
In 2019 the building was recorded by Addyman Archaeology to record newly exposed historic fabric after unmonitored soft-stripping building works.
Site Name
10 Cloth Market, second building behind
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9098
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/195; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 140; Addyman Archaeology, 2019. 10-24 Cloth Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Historic buildings 1 and 2 (White Hart Inn); Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2016. 10-16 & 18-24 Cloth Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, statement of significance and heritage impact assessment;
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
16672
DAY1
16
DAY2
02
District
Newcastle
Easting
2495
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6408
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
1902 by A. Stockwell; originally the 'Carlton Hotel' which had a billiard hall. Listing description is wrong, the building was designed and constructed as a public house and billiard hall not a music hall. Replaced the Wheatsheaf PH (HER 16672) owned by John Balmbra. In 1962, the centenary of the Blaydon Races, it became a music hall once again and revived the name Balmbra's. The famous Tyneside comedian Dick Irwin performed here for many years. In 1981 the music hall became a disco. In 1983 pool tables were installed in the auditorium. In 1986 the pub briefly became the Gaslight & Lazer before reverting to Balmbra's. Since its construction the building has lost most of its original fittings and partitions particularly on the ground floor. Most significantly, in 1995, consent was given to convert the ground floor of the adjacent property on Drury Lane to form part of the Balmbra’s Public House to enlarge the bar space. LISTED GRADE II
Site Type: Broad
Sports Building
SITEDESC
1902 by A. Stockwell; originally the 'Carlton Hotel' which had a billiard hall. Listing description is wrong, the building was designed and constructed as a public house and billiard hall not a music hall.
Replaced the fire-damaged Wheatsheaf PH (HER 16672) owned by John Balmbra.
The ground floor 'front of house' was refitted in 1956.
In 1962, the centenary of the Blaydon Races, it became a music hall once again and revived the name Balmbra's. The famous Tyneside comedian Dick Irwin performed here for many years.
In 1981 the music hall became a disco. In 1983 pool tables were installed in the auditorium. In 1986 the pub briefly became the Gaslight & Lazer before reverting to Balmbra's. Since its construction the building has lost most of its original fittings and partitions particularly on the ground floor. Most significantly, in 1995, consent was given to convert the ground floor of the adjacent property on Drury Lane to form part of the Balmbra’s Public House to enlarge the bar space.
In 2014 a fire damaged the ground floor and rear billiard hall and the building is now derelict. The rear vaulted hall, constructed as a billiard hall has retained much of its Edwardian timber-work and character, though is now badly damaged
Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Ground floor has recessed entrance at right, curved window with slender pilasters at left. Bracketed ground-floor entablature. Upper floors have narrow sashes in end bays, paired sashes in centre, all in architraves; pediments above first-floor end windows and end pilasters. Dentils to these and to central window cornice. Top dentilled cornice breaks forward over panelled end pilasters. Similar short pilasters with ball finials flank pedimented shaped gable containing keyed roundel. False segmental broken pediment, with central ball finial, below roundel. Steeply-pitched roof has corniced end chimneys. McCombie - curved glass pub front, shaped gable.
Site Name
6 and 8 Cloth Market (Balmbra's Music Hall)
Site Type: Specific
Billiard Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9097
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/193; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22 and 141; Frank Graham, 2005, Newcastle - A Short History and Guide; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 21-23; Pearson, Lynn F, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, 25-26; MGA, 2010, 5 to 13 Grey Street, Drury Lane and 6-8 Cloth Market - Heritage Appraisal; Vindomora Solutions Ltd, 2018, Properties on Grey Street, Mosley Street, Drury Lane and Cloth Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear - Historic Building Recording; Lightburn, C. (1998) Balmbra’s The Hall That Outlived Them All. Bass Breweries