39 Station Road, Swan Hunter Memorial Hall

HER Number

9318

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

39 Station Road, Swan Hunter Memorial Hall

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

Commemorative Monument

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Splendid hall with sprung dance floor. Known fondly as "The Mem". Lindsay Allason-Jones, Director of Museum of Antiquities said "it is without doubt one of the most stunning examples in the north east. The proportions are perfect, and the building's façade is adorned with finely-detailed Ionic and Doric attached columns, fluted Ionic pilasters and superb split pediments. It really is a wonderful building". LOCAL LIST

Easting

429920

Northing

566330

Grid Reference

NZ429920566330

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) W7.03; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare, 2002, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 607; Shields Daily News 17 August 1925; Shields Daily News 4 May 1923; English Heritage (Designation), 23 January 2013, Consultation Report; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1413255; Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p14