Grand Parade, Grand Hotel

HER Number:
7342

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Grand Parade, Grand Hotel

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Hotel

Site Type: Specific:
Hotel

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Hotel. 1872 by Thomas Moore of Sunderland (architect of Monkwearmouth Station and Corby Hall in Sunderland). Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. French and Italian design elements. Three storeys, attic and basement. Central door. Sash windows, either segmental or round-headed. Mansard roof with five dormers. Modern raised central attic. Included partly for townscape value in its prominent position on the sea front. Original plan does not show Mansard roof and dormer windows. Deposited plans July 1872. Built as seaside house for Duchess of Northumberland. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
436970

Northing:
569880

Grid Reference:
NZ436970569880

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/79