English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
23
DAY2
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
423739
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Render
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565263
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Spital Tongues
Description
Shown as Belle Grove House Lunatic Asylum on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Also known as St. Luke's Hospital or Bellegrove Retreat. Thomas Oliver says that it was fitted "in a handsome manner, and contains every accommodation for respectable persons labouring under mental derangement". It contained 24 apartments for 18 patients. In 1831 it was directed by John S. Paget, surgeon.
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'House. Mid C18, with late C19 alterations. Rendered front and left return, brick rear, with ashlar plinth; late C19 timber framing in gable. Lakeland slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the centre 2 projecting under gable; the right one-bay wing is the left return of No. 3 Belle Grove Place (q.v.). Projecting 2 bays have door at left in corniced late C19 porch; canted bays in the left wing and at right of door; sash windows on first floor, those in centre bays longer, longest at right. Some windows blocked; late C19 glazing bars. Late C19 gable over centre has oriel and 2 oeuil-de-boeuf windows. Conservatory at right corner. Rendered ridge chimneys. Interior shows stair with ramped handrail on turned balusters, and ramped dado rail; plainer servants' stair with square balusters from top landing to attics. Original architraves; some 2-panelled doors on second floor and in attics. Ground floor left principal room is panelled and has high-quality rococo stucco ceiling and frieze with garlands; shell ornament to panel with guttae above door; glazed cupboard with astragals. Egg-and-dart and Greek key moulding on chimney. Right room and entrance hall have dentilled cornices. Stair ceiling has central leaf-and- rose roundel, moulded cornice. Historical note: documented to 1751: the house became a hospital in 1766, a private asylum in late C18 and early C19; known as St. Luke's Hospital and Belle Grove Retreat; originally called New House. Source: Mackenzie, History of Newcastle, Newcastle, 1827, 526.' {1}
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
SITEDESC
Shown as Belle Grove House Lunatic Asylum on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Also known as St. Luke's Hospital or Bellegrove Retreat. Thomas Oliver says that it was fitted "in a handsome manner, and contains every accommodation for respectable persons labouring under mental derangement". It contained 24 apartments for 18 patients. In 1831 it was directed by John S. Paget, surgeon.
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'House. Mid C18, with late C19 alterations. Rendered front and left return, brick rear, with ashlar plinth; late C19 timber framing in gable. Lakeland slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the centre 2 projecting under gable; the right one-bay wing is the left return of No. 3 Belle Grove Place (q.v.). Projecting 2 bays have door at left in corniced late C19 porch; canted bays in the left wing and at right of door; sash windows on first floor, those in centre bays longer, longest at right. Some windows blocked; late C19 glazing bars. Late C19 gable over centre has oriel and 2 oeuil-de-boeuf windows. Conservatory at right corner. Rendered ridge chimneys. Interior shows stair with ramped handrail on turned balusters, and ramped dado rail; plainer servants' stair with square balusters from top landing to attics. Original architraves; some 2-panelled doors on second floor and in attics. Ground floor left principal room is panelled and has high-quality rococo stucco ceiling and frieze with garlands; shell ornament to panel with guttae above door; glazed cupboard with astragals. Egg-and-dart and Greek key moulding on chimney. Right room and entrance hall have dentilled cornices. Stair ceiling has central leaf-and- rose roundel, moulded cornice. Historical note: documented to 1751: the house became a hospital in 1766, a private asylum in late C18 and early C19; known as St. Luke's Hospital and Belle Grove Retreat; originally called New House. Source: Mackenzie, History of Newcastle, Newcastle, 1827, 526.' {1}
Site Name
Belle Grove West, Whiteknights
Site Type: Specific
Psychiatric Hospital
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6274
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map 1850; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 8/90; Mackenzie, 1827, History of Newcastle, p 526; O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; Thomas Oliver, 1844, Historical and Descriptive Reference to the Public Buildings on the Plan of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1186234
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1356
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
424910
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566820
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map at edge of Duke's Moor, but unnamed. Named Moor Edge Farm on second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map at edge of Duke's Moor, but unnamed. Named Moor Edge Farm on second edition map.
Site Name
Moor Edge Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6273
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1868
DAY1
23
DAY2
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
424450
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map. Lodge to Coxlodge Hall, now private residence. Mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with plinth;
graduated Lakeland slate roof. One storey, 3 bays. Central 4-panel door in elliptical-
headed keyed surround recessed between pilasters with shallow niches; 3 sashes in
bows either side have similar heads to architraves, and curved glass without glazing
bars. Saw-edged boot scrapers protrude from niches flanking door. Hipped roof has
corniced ashlar end chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map {1}. Lodge to Coxlodge Hall, now private residence. Mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with plinth; graduated Lakeland slate roof. One storey, 3 bays. Central 4-panel door in elliptical-headed keyed surround recessed between pilasters with shallow niches; 3 sashes in bows either side have similar heads to architraves, and curved glass without glazing bars. Saw-edged boot scrapers protrude from niches flanking door. Hipped roof has corniced ashlar end chimneys.
Site Name
2 The Drive, lodge to Coxlodge Hall
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6272
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 8/13
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
424030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567160
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Large house shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Mayfield
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6271
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
424340
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567880
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
United Methodist Free Church built between Ivy Road and West Avenue in 1877. Simple rectangular gable-fronted chapel in Kenton stone. The church opened on 29th August 1877 and could seat 730 people. After the opening service a 'tea meeting' was held in the Presbyterian Hall. The church is also referred to as 'Gosforth Park Chapel' in records of the time. Early members included Mr TN Arkle, butcher, Mr George Brunskill, grocer, Robert Dickinson, solicitor and Richard Welford, the local historian. In 1906 the church became the church hall for the new Presbyterian Church alongside (HER 14624). Now 'The Play Station'.
Site Name
Ivy Road, West Avenue Methodist Church
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
HER Number
6270
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Methodist churches on or near Gosforth High Street, a note
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
424350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567940
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Methodist church. 1877. Designed by Septimus Oswald & Son. Ashlar with slate roofs, terracotta ridge tiles and lead finials. Chamfered plinth.
East entrance front has central pointed arched entrance doorway with moulded ashlar surround and late C20 double doors, flanked by single chamfered lancets under continuous hood mould. Above a large triple lancet window in elaborately moulded surround. Above again a circular window in gable apex. To left an octagonal stair tower with narrow lancets, narrower upper stages have quatrefoils and then tall narrow lancets, topped with octagonal ashlar spire. Beyond a single lancet on the ground floor and two lancets above. To right an apsidal ended entrance with single pointed arched doorway and two lancets above.
North and south facades have simple lancet windows to ground floor and galleries. Beyond gabled transepts on both sides with pairs of lancets below and pairs of 2-light pointed arched windows above with reticulated tracery.
Apsidal west end has three narrow lancets.
INTERIOR very largely intact. Original wooden U-plan galleries supported on cast iron columns, with similar columns above supporting pointed wooden arcades and a fine boarded roof. Original pews to ground floor and galleries. Wooden panelled dado, organ case, lectern and altar-rail. Wooden screen between entrance and nave with pointed arched windows and doors with geometric stained glass. Peter Ryder - formerly West Avenue Methodist Church. Interior altered 1951-3 but retains galleries and many good features. Includes the 1841 datestone from the demolished Wesleyan Chapel on Armstrong Street (HER 14622).
Site Name
High Street/West Avenue, Trinity Church
Site Type: Specific
Methodist Chapel
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6269
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29; The Past, Present and Future of Methodism in Gosforth (Woodhorn NRO 2307/33); Department of Culture Media and Sport, 2001, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1833/8/10219; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
23
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
424426
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568811
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Gosforth
Description
Gosforth Stadium started as Gosforth Cycling Grounds circa 1900. In 1912 rugby arrived and in 1922 Northumberland County Rugby Union made it their County Ground. Two rugby clubs also played there - Northern (until 1937) and Gosforth (until 1955). In June 1929 a 440 yard speedway track was added. In May 1932 a greyhound track took its place. Stands and terraces were built for 18,000 spectators by Totalisator Holdings. The greyhound track was sheltered by overhanging corrugated metal roofs, a feature known at only one other track, White City in Liverpool. In 1976 the company was sold to Ladbrokes. The last dog race took place in 1987. Demolished 1989. An Asda supermarket now occupies the site.
Site Type: Broad
Racing Sports Site
SITEDESC
Gosforth Stadium started as Gosforth Cycling Grounds circa 1900. In 1912 rugby arrived and in 1922 Northumberland County Rugby Union made it their County Ground. Two rugby clubs also played there - Northern (until 1937) and Gosforth (until 1955). In June 1929 a 440 yard speedway track was added. In May 1932 a greyhound track took its place. Stands and terraces were built for 18,000 spectators by Totalisator Holdings. The greyhound track was sheltered by overhanging corrugated metal roofs, a feature known at only one other track, White City in Liverpool. In 1976 the company was sold to Ladbrokes. The last dog race took place in 1987. Demolished 1989. An Asda supermarket now occupies the site.
Site Name
Great North Road, Gosforth Stadium
Site Type: Specific
Velodrome
HER Number
6268
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Second edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 52, 115
YEAR1
2015
YEAR2
2020
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
423650
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map as Waterworks Farm, on second edition as The Grange. Now called Grange Cottage. .
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map as Waterworks Farm, on second edition as The Grange. Now called Grange Cottage. .
Site Name
Waterworks Farm (Grange Cottage)
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
6267
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
423210
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568510
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Coxlodge
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Opened in 1877 and closed in 1960. Then became a Teachers' Centre, then offices (Tyne House). The site was latterly occupied by the Skills and Training Resources (STAR) Centre. Now demolished.
Site Name
Coxlodge Board School
Site Type: Specific
Board School
HER Number
6266
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Millie Walker, 1994, Bygone Fawdon & Coxlodge; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2009, Star Centre, Fawdon - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2010, Star Centre, Fawdon - Archaeological Watching Brief;
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6248
DAY1
15
District
Newcastle
Easting
425040
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564810
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
The City Hall and Baths (HER 6248) were built in 1928 by C. Nicholas and J.E. Dixon Spain. Neo-Georgian design with a colonnaded entrance. City Hall and Public baths. 1928. Designed by Nicholas and Dixon-Spain.Steel
framed, brown brick with ashlar and red brick dressings, and slate hipped
roofs. Ashlar plinth. Northumberland Road, front two storeys and 25 windows.
Central entrance block, 7 windows with slightly projecting 3 window centre
topped by a large pediment with circular window. 3 round headed arches with
panel pilasters, rusticated ashlar and above a deeply moulded band. Above 3
glazing bar sashes the central one with a moulded ashlar surround and brackets
supporting a flat hood. Set-back on eitherside, a rusticated ashlar and above
a deeply moulded band. Above 3 glazing bar sashes the central one with a
moulded ashlar surround and brackets supporting a flat hood. Set-back
eitherside, a rusticated ground floor with small barred basement windows and
above single glazing bar sashes. Upper floor has single glazing bar sashes.
Outer bays, set back again, also have glazing bar to each floor. 9 window
side wings are similar, each has tall ashlar Doric portico with central
columns between flanking antae, which project slightly in front of further
antae topped by a heavy entablature and parapet. Set back on eitherside are
blank walls, with further blank walls beyond. Above 5 square windows with
moulded surrounds, set back on eitherside are single small square windows, and
further single windows beyond all topped by a coped parapet. College Street
front, 2 storey, 11 window front. Central, slightly projecting, 9 windows
articulated with giant Doric pilasters, with ashlar bases and red brick
dressings. Bays 4 and 6 have doorways with double panel doors and bolection
mould surrounds, the remaining ground floor openings are square with plain
stone surrounds. Above the doorways are tall panels with red brick surrounds.
Above a thick ashlar band and 9 windows with moulded ashlar surrounds and
bracketed cills, the central 7 openings have glazing bar cross casements and
the outer ones are blind. Above a dentilated entablature with brick frieze and
panel parapet above. Set back at eitherside a single bay, with double panel
doors and bolection mould surrounds, above a single glazing bar sash to each
floor with red brick surrounds and above a plain entablature. John Dobson
Street front is similar with giant Doric pilasters supporting an entablature
and panel parapet, with 3 large round headed doorways with moulded ashlar
surrounds and large keystones, at the centre and over bays. Between 3 square
windows on eitherside with plain ashlar surrounds, and above 9 square windows
with moulded ashlar surrounds. At rear a tall tapering octagonal brick chimney
stack with ashlar moulded cap. INTERIORS. City Hall has marble lined foyer
with 3 round arches at either end, with mahogany and gilt fans, and between
2 urn shaped lamps. The north wall has 3 similar arches with double panel
doors, and the south wall has 3 similar arches with double panel doors, and
the south wall has 5 similar entrance arches with double glazed doors and
fanlights. Deeply coffered plaster ceiling: Eitherside are staircases with
metal balustrades with wave mould decoration. Hall is rectangular with
narrower raised stage to north, and a large gallery with extended curved sides
to the south. Gallery front decorated with rosettes, panels and wave moulds.
Deeply coved ceiling above dentilated cornice, with elaborate coffered centre.
Behind the stage a later organ in an eighteenth century style case. Public
Baths have rectangular foyer with round headed plaster openings and deeply
moulded coving, and groin vaulted corridors. Mens bath has large rectangular
tiled pool, and cantilevered viewing gallery around 3 slides with curved metal
railings with Greek-key pattern, stepped wooden decking and wooden rails.
Coffered plaster ceiling with central segmentally curved central section with
sunken overlights. Womens bath similar, though smaller, without the gallery,
and with a simpler ceiling with curved centre and overlights. Turkish bath has
ashlar Doric pilasters and dado, mahogany panelled changing rooms and doors,
circular glazed dome and coffered ceiling plus inlaid floor. Steam room has
groin vaulted ceiling with 3 circular domes, and marble slabs. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
SITEDESC
The City Hall and Baths (HER 6248) were built in 1928 by C. Nicholas and J.E. Dixon Spain. Neo-Georgian design with a colonnaded entrance. City Hall and Public baths. 1928. Designed by Nicholas and Dixon-Spain.Steel framed, brown brick with ashlar and red brick dressings, and slate hipped roofs. Ashlar plinth. Northumberland Road, front two storeys and 25 windows. Central entrance block, 7 windows with slightly projecting 3 window centre topped by a large pediment with circular window. 3 round headed arches with panel pilasters, rusticated ashlar and above a deeply moulded band. Above 3 glazing bar sashes the central one with a moulded ashlar surround and brackets supporting a flat hood. Set-back on eitherside, a rusticated ashlar and above a deeply moulded band. Above 3 glazing bar sashes the central one with a moulded ashlar surround and brackets supporting a flat hood. Set-back eitherside, a rusticated ground floor with small barred basement windows and above single glazing bar sashes. Upper floor has single glazing bar sashes. Outer bays, set back again, also have glazing bar to each floor. 9 window side wings are similar, each has tall ashlar Doric portico with central columns between flanking antae, which project slightly in front of further antae topped by a heavy entablature and parapet. Set back on eitherside are blank walls, with further blank walls beyond. Above 5 square windows with moulded surrounds, set back on eitherside are single small square windows, and further single windows beyond all topped by a coped parapet. College Street front, 2 storey, 11 window front. Central, slightly projecting, 9 windows articulated with giant Doric pilasters, with ashlar bases and red brick dressings. Bays 4 and 6 have doorways with double panel doors and bolection mould surrounds, the remaining ground floor openings are square with plain stone surrounds. Above the doorways are tall panels with red brick surrounds. Above a thick ashlar band and 9 windows with moulded ashlar surrounds and bracketed cills, the central 7 openings have glazing bar cross casements and the outer ones are blind. Above a dentilated entablature with brick frieze and panel parapet above. Set back at eitherside a single bay, with double panel doors and bolection mould surrounds, above a single glazing bar sash to each floor with red brick surrounds and above a plain entablature. John Dobson Street front is similar with giant Doric pilasters supporting an entablature and panel parapet, with 3 large round headed doorways with moulded ashlar surrounds and large keystones, at the centre and over bays. Between 3 square windows on eitherside with plain ashlar surrounds, and above 9 square windows with moulded ashlar surrounds. At rear a tall tapering octagonal brick chimney stack with ashlar moulded cap. INTERIORS. City Hall has marble lined foyer
with 3 round arches at either end, with mahogany and gilt fans, and between 2 urn shaped lamps. The north wall has 3 similar arches with double panel doors, and the south wall has 3 similar arches with double panel doors, and
the south wall has 5 similar entrance arches with double glazed doors and fanlights. Deeply coffered plaster ceiling: Eitherside are staircases with metal balustrades with wave mould decoration. Hall is rectangular with
narrower raised stage to north, and a large gallery with extended curved sides to the south. Gallery front decorated with rosettes, panels and wave moulds. Deeply coved ceiling above dentilated cornice, with elaborate coffered centre. Behind the stage a later organ in an eighteenth century style case. Public Baths have rectangular foyer with round headed plaster openings and deeply moulded coving, and groin vaulted corridors. Mens bath has large rectangular tiled pool, and cantilevered viewing gallery around 3 slides with curved metal railings with Greek-key pattern, stepped wooden decking and wooden rails. Coffered plaster ceiling with central segmentally curved central section with sunken overlights. Womens bath similar, though smaller, without the gallery, and with a simpler ceiling with curved centre and overlights. Turkish bath has ashlar Doric pilasters and dado, mahogany panelled changing rooms and doors, circular glazed dome and coffered ceiling plus inlaid floor. Steam room has
groin vaulted ceiling with 3 circular domes, and marble slabs.
Site Name
Northumberland Road, City Hall
Site Type: Specific
Concert Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6265
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 447; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 34 and 193; North of England Civic Trust, 2010, Conservation Plan: Former St Thomas' School and the Northumberland Baths, Newcastle upon Tyne
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004