19 Westgate Road, Irving House

19 Westgate Road, Irving House

HER Number
8980
District
Newcastle
Site Name
19 Westgate Road, Irving House
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
This building was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Offices. Dated 1910 on cartouche. By William Bell, for North Eastern Railway Company. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. Free Baroque style. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Central wider bay has steps up to renewed double door and fanlight in rusticated surround with recessed attached rusticated Ionic columns flanking keyed arch and supporting open pediment with elaborate cartouche carved IRVING HOUSE. Plinth; rusticated ground floor fonts voussoirs to round-headed sashes with carved keystones under cornice. Architraves to all upper windows, those in first floor with Gibbs surrounds, the central tripartite with central pediment. First floor cornice supports giant enriched Ionic pilasters. Double keystones on first floor, triple in centre bay, second-floor window cornices, third floor aprons and moulded sills; swag and garland to central window. Top entablature has modillioned cornice and central segmental pediment with dated cartouche. Balustrade above with consoles flanking central raised panel. Two tall corniced end chimneys.' LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424840
Northing
563910
Grid Reference
NZ424840563910
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/589; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 117; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1121977