Swan House, Pilgrim Street

HER Number

9789

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Swan House, Pilgrim Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Commercial Office

Site Type: Specific

Commercial Office

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Designed by Sir Robert Matthew in the early 1960s. Includes a reproduction of the interior of Grainger's Royal Arcade of 1831-2 by Dobson. Converted to apartments with a public house on ground floor level, including the replica arcade.

Easting

425140

Northing

564170

Grid Reference

NZ425140564170

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 485; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 147; Carroll, Rutter, 2012, Ryder (RIBA Publishing)