31 Mosley Street (Scottish Provident House)

Offices. 1906 by S. D. Robbins of Newcastle for Scottish Provident Institution. Portland stone with grey granite plinth and doorcases; roof not visible. 4 storeys and basement at right; 10 bays and one curved corner bay at left; 3-bay return to Cloth Market. Granite Tuscan porch on corner with recessed double door in keyed surround; 2 steps to similar door in pedimented doorcase in eighth bay. Rusticated lower floors to dentilled first-floor cornice; Giant Corinthian Order above. Balustrades to second-floor windows in Ionic frames with pulvinated
friezes and tall keystones; architraves to third floor. All windows sashes. Low relief SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION on top entablature. Roof balustrade; tall corniced ashlar chimneys. Tall wrought-iron gates to corner door and iron ground floor window guards. Historical note: said to have been the first 'gridiron' construction in Newcastle. First use of Portland Stone in Newcastle. LISTED GRADE 2