New Bridge Street, New Bridge Chambers
New Bridge Street, New Bridge Chambers
HER Number
13616
District
Newcastle
Site Name
New Bridge Street, New Bridge Chambers
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Shown on an insurance plan of Newcastle dated 1887. Site now occupied by Watson House and Norham House (HER 12901). The chambers were numbered nos. 2 to 34 and the block included numbers 1 to 11 Pilgrim Street. The chambers included offices, studios, a tailor (chambers 20-24), furniture warehouse (7 Pilgrim St), cycle sundries warehouse (2 Erick St) and a restaurant (9 and 11 Pilgrim St).
Easting
424990
Northing
564470
Grid Reference
NZ424990564470
Sources
Newcastle April 1887; Photo in Newcastle City Libraries, 1985, Gone but not forgotten 4 -Newcastle between the Wars, 3