Hedley House, St. Nicholas Avenue

HER Number

9799

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Hedley House, St. Nicholas Avenue

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

Head Office of Proctor & Gamble. 1951-2 by Sidney Burn, Staff Architect of Thos. Hedley & Co., soap manufacturers. Anthony Chitty as consultant architect.

Easting

424810

Northing

567860

Grid Reference

NZ424810567860

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 502; Newcastle City Council, 2002, Gosforth Conservation Area Character Statement, p 16