11-15 Bigg Market and Royal Court Yard
11-15 Bigg Market and Royal Court Yard
HER Number
6454
District
Newcastle
Site Name
11-15 Bigg Market and Royal Court Yard
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Armament Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Ordnance Factory
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Designed by John Johnstone for W.R. Pape around 1882. Originally shops, restaurant and warehouse, it is now shops and offices. Elegant stone structure enclosing large windows with three decorative dormers. The Yard has rows of heavier pilasters and deep set windows. The warehouse for Pape at the far end of the Yard was designed by William Finley a year later. The ancient (possibly Elizabethan) Unicorn and Golden Lion Public Houses were demolished for Johnstone's new buildings. LOCAL LIST
Easting
424760
Northing
564120
Grid Reference
NZ424760564120
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town