New Bridge Street West, Watson and Norham Houses

HER Number:
12901

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
New Bridge Street West, Watson and Norham Houses

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Commercial Office

Site Type: Specific:
Commercial Office

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Three 1930s commercial buildings. Shops at ground floor, offices above. Steel with brick skins and sandstone facades. Five storeys with a parapet and a small attic at the east end. Watson House is the largest element and has its main door in a chamfered face at the junction of Pilgrim Street and New Bridge Street West under a decorated parapet.

Easting:
424990

Northing:
564470

Grid Reference:
NZ424990564470

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services University of Durham, August 2006, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological desk-based assessment and photographic record, part 2: gazeteer, pages 73-75; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, page 186