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

Lats/Lons:

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