Tyne and Wear HER(8774): Newcastle, Nelson Street, No. 12A - Details
8774
Newcastle
Newcastle, Nelson Street, No. 12A
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Warehouse
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Warehouse, now facade of Eldon Centre shopping precinct. Circa 1899 by Marshall
and Tweedy. Sandstone ashlar. Roof not visible. Free Baroque style. 4 storeys
and attics; 5 bays. Ground floor has Ionic pilasters flanking renewed windows
and recessed entrances, under bracketed fascia. Brackets support slender pilasters
extending 2 ½ storeys defining bays and having cartouche finials. 2-storey
bracketed oriels in outer bays; and all other windows have slender wood mullions
and transoms; top windows have 2-storey keyed architraves to inner bays, outer
segmental-headed architraves. Modillioned eaves cornice; parapet with 3 segmental-
headed attics windows. Included for group value.
This building has been redeveloped behind the facade so that only the facade
is of interest. LISTED GRADE 2
2477
6438
NZ24776438
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/403; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.158