English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
8950
DAY1
20
DAY2
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565030
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
This chapel was listed Grade II in 1999 with the following description:
'Hospital chapel. 1900-05. Designed by Newcombe & Adams. Brick with stone dressings. Exterior now very largely hidden by later buildings. Single storey. Greek cross plan. INTERIOR has wooden floor and faience tile walls and mosaic vaults. Square central space has round arched opening to each face flanked by single lower segmental arches with spandrel in each corner leading to central shallow dome covered in gold mosaic tiles and with 8 dormer windows. Each wing has triple arched arcades either side and above barrel vault with pale blue mosaic tiles. Altar in north wing raised on marble step, decorated wooden altar and wooden reredos behind with five painted panels on gold ground showing the holy family and the evangelists. Fine pulpit to left and similarly elaborate lectern to right. Stained glass windows. Modern wooden pews.'
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
This chapel was listed Grade II in 1999 with the following description:
'Hospital chapel. 1900-05. Designed by Newcombe & Adams. Brick with stone dressings. Exterior now very largely hidden by later buildings. Single storey. Greek cross plan. INTERIOR has wooden floor and faience tile walls and mosaic vaults. Square central space has round arched opening to each face flanked by single lower segmental arches with spandrel in each corner leading to central shallow dome covered in gold mosaic tiles and with 8 dormer windows. Each wing has triple arched arcades either side and above barrel vault with pale blue mosaic tiles. Altar in north wing raised on marble step, decorated wooden altar and wooden reredos behind with five painted panels on gold ground showing the holy family and the evangelists. Fine pulpit to left and similarly elaborate lectern to right. Stained glass windows. Modern wooden pews.'
Site Name
Royal Victoria Infirmary, chapel
Site Type: Specific
Chapel
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9240
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/13/10107; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1379637
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
20
DAY2
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
425030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564260
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Row of 3 town house, now shops. Late C18 with late C19 shopfronts. Red brick and render with slate roofs. Dentilated wooden eaves cornice with single rounded lead rainwater heads at either end.
Street front, 4 storey, 7 windows with curved end to right. Ground floor has 2 late C19 wooden shopfronts to left with moulded frames, plate glass windows and scroll bracket fascia boards. To right a passage entrance and beyond a further shop front altered late C20. First floor has continuous cill band. Above 7 sash windows, 4 to left with plain sashes and 3 to right with plain sashes below and glazing bars above. Second floor has 4 plain sashes to left and 3 glazing bar sashes to right. Third floor has 7 similar though slightly smaller sashes.
INTERIOR.
Nos 93-97 have stick baluster staircase with mahogany handrail to upper floors. Doorways have moulded surrounds and 6-panel doors, sash windows have moulded surrounds and pannelled shutters, most rooms retain moulded plaster cornice and some original fireplaces.
Nos 99 and 101 has full height stick baluster staircase with mahogany handrail, curved landings and circular roof-light. First floor has room with Greek key and metope cornice. Most doors have moulded surrounds and 6-panel doors. Most windows have panelled shutters and moulded window surrounds. Some original fireplaces with cast-iron basket grate. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Gifford assessed the building in 2007 and described it as in very bad-poor condition. It was given a BAR grading A (immediate risk of further deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed) or C (slow decay: no solution agreed).
Site Type: Broad
Row
SITEDESC
Row of 3 town houses, now shops. Late C18 with late C19 shopfronts. Red brick and render with slate roofs. Dentilated wooden eaves cornice with single rounded lead rainwater heads at either end.
Street front, 4 storey, 7 windows with curved end to right. Ground floor has 2 late C19 wooden shopfronts to left with moulded frames, plate glass windows and scroll bracket fascia boards. To right a passage entrance and beyond a further shop front altered late C20. First floor has continuous cill band. Above 7 sash windows, 4 to left with plain sashes and 3 to right with plain sashes below and glazing bars above. Second floor has 4 plain sashes to left and 3 glazing bar sashes to right. Third floor has 7 similar though slightly smaller sashes.
INTERIOR.
Nos 93-97 have stick baluster staircase with mahogany handrail to upper floors. Doorways have moulded surrounds and 6-panel doors, sash windows have moulded surrounds and pannelled shutters, most rooms retain moulded plaster cornice and some original fireplaces.
Nos 99 and 101 has full height stick baluster staircase with mahogany handrail, curved landings and circular roof-light. First floor has room with Greek key and metope cornice. Most doors have moulded surrounds and 6-panel doors. Most windows have panelled shutters and moulded window surrounds. Some original fireplaces with cast-iron basket grate. McCombie - three Late Georgian brick houses, each of four storeys and two or three bays, with shopfronts. House door with ogee arch. Transverse stair behind the shops; good plaster decoration survives in some rooms, Greek in No. 101 where the Stokoes lived (cf the Moot Hall). Did they design the group?
Site Name
93 to 101 Pilgrim Street
Site Type: Specific
Row
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9239
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/21/10077; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 144; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; Scott Wilson URS, 2011, 101-109 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Building Recording; GVA, 2011, 93-101 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne - Design and Access Statement & Application for LB Consent supporting statement
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
20
DAY2
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
425020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564220
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Includes: Worswick Chambers, Nos 2-12 WORSWICK STREET. Commercial premises with shops and offices. 1891 and 1898 with minor C20 alterations. Designed by W Lister Newcombe of Newcastle. Red brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with tall brick chimney stacks. 3 storeys. Worswick Street facade has 17 windows. Ground floor has central doorway with double panel doors and monumental stone surround with doubled brackets and gabled top over round arch with carved tympanum and lintel inscribed WORSWICK CHAMBERS. Either side various shops some retaining their original pilasters and plain fascia boards. Upper floors have giant brick Doric pilasters with stone bases and capitals, topped with deep entablature decorated with elaborate carved paired brackets. First floor has 17 large plain sashes set back in ashlar surrounds, above continuous linked and moulded lintels each with a carved portrait head under a gothic gable. Second floor has 17 smaller plain sashes in ashlar surrounds with Caernarvon arched lintels. Projecting cornice topped with stone parapet. Central tower has single oval window with moulded ashlar surround a steep pyramidal hipped roof. Pilgrim Street facade has 8 windows with identical facade topped with central 2 window dormer topped with single pediment. INTERIOR has stone staircase with elaborate iron balustrade and wooden handrail. History: This building was built as part of the "new cut" of Worswick Street laid out c1870. It was built in two stages, the first part along Pilgrim Street and the first part of Worswick Street was built from 1891, and the second section further along Worswick Street and the tower was built from 1898. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Gifford assessed the building in 2007 and described it as in very bad condition. It was given a BAR grading A (immediate risk of further deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed).
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
Includes: Worswick Chambers, Nos 2-12 WORSWICK STREET. Commercial premises with shops and offices. 1891 and 1898 with minor C20 alterations. Designed by W Lister Newcombe of Newcastle. Red brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with tall brick chimney stacks. 3 storeys. Worswick Street facade has 17 windows. Ground floor has central doorway with double panel doors and monumental stone surround with doubled brackets and gabled top over round arch with carved tympanum and lintel inscribed WORSWICK CHAMBERS. Either side various shops some retaining their original pilasters and plain fascia boards. Upper floors have giant brick Doric pilasters with stone bases and capitals, topped with deep entablature decorated with elaborate carved paired brackets. First floor has 17 large plain sashes set back in ashlar surrounds, above continuous linked and moulded lintels each with a carved portrait head under a gothic gable (sculptor J. Rogers). The heads are all different and include bearded men, an Egyptian pharaoh and an African boy. Second floor has 17 smaller plain sashes in ashlar surrounds with Caernarvon arched lintels. Projecting cornice topped with stone parapet. Central tower has single oval window with moulded ashlar surround a steep pyramidal hipped roof. Pilgrim Street facade has 8 windows with identical facade topped with central 2 window dormer topped with single pediment. INTERIOR has stone staircase with elaborate iron balustrade and wooden handrail. History: This building was built as part of the "new cut" of Worswick Street laid out c1870. It was built in two stages, the first part along Pilgrim Street and the first part of Worswick Street was built from 1891, and the second section further along Worswick Street and the tower was built from 1898. Brick and stone neo Gothic block, Speculative offices. McCombie - 1891-9 in two builds. Red brick and ashlar, subdued Gothic, with central galleried auction room. Stone band over the first-floor windows with arched panels with heads sculpted by J. Rogers from family photographs. Gifford appraised the building in 2007 and identified some original fireplaces in upper rooms of the building.
Site Name
85 to 91 Pilgrim Street, Worswick Chambers
Site Type: Specific
Shop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9238
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/21/10079; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 133-4; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22 and 143; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; Stephen Levrant: Heritage Architecture, 2004, Worswick Chambers and Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Appraisal of Historic Significance Outline Report; Heritage Architecture Ltd. 2006, Historical Assessment of East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6344
DAY1
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
422720
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564490
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Piers and walls. Sandstone ashlar. Early/mid Cl9. 4 square piers, that at left taller, at outer
ends of garden wall on street front, and flanking a wide entrance. Chamfered cornices
and low rounded copings. Low walls between the piers, and extending in quadrant to
right enclosing garden front, have rounded coping. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Piers and walls. Sandstone ashlar. Early/mid C19. 4 square piers, that at left taller, at outer ends of garden wall on street front, and flanking a wide entrance. Chamfered cornices and low rounded copings. Low walls between the piers, and extending in quadrant to right enclosing garden front, have rounded coping.
Site Name
416A Westgate Road, piers and walls
Site Type: Specific
Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9237
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/588
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
6302, 8639
DAY1
20
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
423200
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564420
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
LISTED GRADE II
School. Dated 1898, by Dunn, Hansom and Fenwicke. Red brick with terra-cotta dressings; Lakeland slate roof. H-plan. 3 storeys, 11 bays. Central 5-bay block has rusticated ground floor, the rustications forming voussoirs and triple keys to windows, under string; rusticated pilasters framing first floor bays support entablature with swell frieze. Flat pilasters on second floor; 3 central bays are raised and have a tall shaped gable above the entablature, which has date tablet, swan-neck broken pediment and ball finial. Steeply-pitched hipped roof. Narrow linking bays to 3-storey wings with stepped gables which have scrolled consoles on each step. Ground floor windows in centre block and three first-floor windows above are all round-arched , the outer ones with gauged brick arches and hoodmould, those in centre with keyed architraves. Tripartite windows in upper groups of 3 in outer bays in wings, the second floor of Venetian pattern; Some sashes with glazing bars, some casements. Entrances concealed behind C20 additions which are not of interest. similar enriched gables on returns.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
School. Dated 1898, by Dunn, Hansom and Fenwicke. Red brick with terra-cotta dressings; Lakeland slate roof. H-plan. 3 storeys, 11 bays. Central 5-bay block has rusticated ground floor, the rustications forming voussoirs and triple keys to windows, under string; rusticated pilasters framing first floor bays support entablature with swell frieze. Flat pilasters on second floor; 3 central bays are raised and have a tall shaped gable above the entablature, which has date tablet, swan-neck broken pediment and ball finial. Steeply-pitched hipped roof. Narrow linking bays to 3-storey wings with stepped gables which have scrolled consoles on each step. Ground floor windows in centre block and three first-floor windows above are all round-arched , the outer ones with gauged brick arches and hoodmould, those in centre with keyed architraves. Tripartite windows in upper groups of 3 in outer bays in wings, the second floor of Venetian pattern; Some sashes with glazing bars, some casements. Entrances concealed behind C20 additions which are not of interest. similar enriched gables on returns.
Site Name
Westgate Road, Westgate Hill School
Site Type: Specific
Junior School
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9236
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/585; PCA, 2010, Westgate Hill Primary School, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355331
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2022
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424000
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564170
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
House, now offices. Early C19. English bond brick with plinth and painted ashlar
dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys,basement and attics; 3 bays. 6-panelled
door at right flanked by fluted pilasters under large fanlight with curved radial
glazing bars; brick arched surround. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills
to plain sashes; ground floor sill band. Gutter cornice. Roof has segmental-headed
dormer; central corniced brick chimney. Basement hidden by shop built on garden. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House, now offices. Early C19. English bond brick with plinth and painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, basement and attics; 3 bays. 6-panelled door at right flanked by fluted pilasters under large fanlight with curved radial glazing bars; brick arched surround. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to plain sashes; ground floor sill band. Gutter cornice. Roof has segmental-headed dormer; central corniced brick chimney. Basement hidden by shop built on garden.
Site Name
236 Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9235
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 18/579 and 19/579
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564110
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
2 houses. Circa 1820. English bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings. Asbestos
tiled roof in imitation of Welsh slate. 3 storeys, 4 bays in all. 2 steps up to door
of No. 174 at left; long flight up to No. 172; both renewed, 6-panelled doors with
overlights, in panelled surrounds with cornices. Wedge stone lintels and projecting
stone sills to one wide ground floor window and 2 on other floors, all renewed
sashes with glazing bars. Paired stone gutter brackets. Renewed gutter. Ridge brick
chimney. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
2 houses. Circa 1820. English bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings. Asbestos
tiled roof in imitation of Welsh slate. 3 storeys, 4 bays in all. 2 steps up to door
of No. 174 at left; long flight up to No. 172; both renewed, 6-panelled doors with
overlights, in panelled surrounds with cornices. Wedge stone lintels and projecting
stone sills to one wide ground floor window and 2 on other floors, all renewed
sashes with glazing bars. Paired stone gutter brackets. Renewed gutter. Ridge brick
chimney.
Site Name
172 and 174 Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9234
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/575
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
19
DAY2
01
District
Newcastle
Easting
424630
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
House, now bank. 1861 by Watson, for C.J. Gibb; built by W. Gibson. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 3 storeys and basement, 6 bays. Rusticated piers and round-arched windows to ground with square stone porch in fourth bay. Giant pilasters above sash.
Segmental-headed first-floor and round-cornered second-floor sash winodws in keyed architraves; stone balconies to those on first floor. Top cornice and balustrade. Immortalized in the Blaydon Races. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House, later a bank. 1861 by Watson, for C.J. Gibb; built by W. Gibson. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 3 storeys and basement, 6 bays. Rusticated piers and round-arched windows to ground with square stone porch in fourth bay. Giant pilasters above sash. Segmental-headed first-floor and round-cornered second-floor sash winodws in keyed architraves; stone balconies to those on first floor. Top cornice and balustrade. The house is immortalized in the Blaydon Races 'But them that had their noses brole, the cam back ower hyem; Sum went to the dispensary, an uthers to Dr Gibbs'. In 2013 this is Samual Phillips & Co.
Site Name
52 Westgate Road (Gibb Chambers)
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9233
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/569; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 160; City Guides Information
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424970
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MAP2
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Former Masonic Temple, now offices, shops and club. Built 1894,
to the designs of John Johnson, J.K.W. Lowry. Refurbished and
converted c1989. Ashlar and brick with ashlar dressings, lead
roofs. Pilgrim Street front, 4 storey. Neo Jacobean style. Large
off-centre entrance archway, topped by a broken pediment on
brackets. To the left a doorway with a small window beyond, to
the right a segment headed doorway with raised keystone, and
foundation stone plaque beyond. Above on eitherside, single
circular windows topped by winged globes. First floor has 5 Doric
pilasters, and a central pair of windows, flanked by single
windows all with ashlar surrounds and round headed arches with
carved tympanums. Attic floor above has central 2-light, and
flanking 2 light windows, with squat panel pilasters supporting
an entablature and balustrade with ball finials. The centre has
an elaborate carved dormer with shield. To the left a small
corner cupola.
High Bridge front, has to the right a continuation of the Pilgrim
Street front, 4 storey with similar fenestration, articulated
with pilasters and topped by an elaborate gabled blind dormer.
Beyond to the left the facade is red and white brick with ashlar
dressings. The first 2 bays are 4 storey and the remaining 4 are
2 storey. The ground floor has an entrance to the left and 5 shop
fronts.
Shakespeare Street front, 4 storey, 3 window front in the
Italianate style. Ground floor has a round headed doorway to left
with rusticated pilasters supporting a segmental pediment, and
to the right a shop front with a further pilaster beyond. Above
3 deeply sunk windows in surrounds with pilasters and rusticated
bands. Above 3 round headed windows in square headed surrounds,
also with rusticated pilasters. Above again 3 round headed arches
and pilasters. Topped by a deep cornice.
See also 67 High Bridge and 16 Shakespeare Street. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Former Masonic Temple, now offices, shops and club. Built 1894,
to the designs of John Johnson, J. K. W. Lowry. Refurbished and
converted c1989. Ashlar and brick with ashlar dressings, lead
roofs. Pilgrim Street front, 4 storey. Neo Jacobean style. Large
off-centre entrance archway, topped by a broken pediment on
brackets. To the left a doorway with a small window beyond, to
the right a segment headed doorway with raised keystone, and
foundation stone plaque beyond. Above on either side, single
circular windows topped by winged globes. First floor has 5 Doric
pilasters, and a central pair of windows, flanked by single
windows all with ashlar surrounds and round headed arches with
carved tympanums. Attic floor above has central 2-light, and
flanking 2 light windows, with squat panel pilasters supporting
an entablature and balustrade with ball finials. The centre has
an elaborate carved dormer with shield. To the left a small
corner cupola.
High Bridge front, has to the right a continuation of the Pilgrim
Street front, 4 storey with similar fenestration, articulated
with pilasters and topped by an elaborate gabled blind dormer.
Beyond to the left the facade is red and white brick with ashlar
dressings. The first 2 bays are 4 storey and the remaining 4 are
2 storey. The ground floor has an entrance to the left and 5 shop
fronts.
Shakespeare Street front, 4 storey, 3 window front in the
Italianate style. Ground floor has a round headed doorway to left
with rusticated pilasters supporting a segmental pediment, and
to the right a shop front with a further pilaster beyond. Above
3 deeply sunk windows in surrounds with pilasters and rusticated
bands. Above 3 round headed windows in square headed surrounds,
also with rusticated pilasters. Above again 3 round headed arches
and pilasters. Topped by a deep cornice.
See also 67 High Bridge and 16 Shakespeare Street. McCombie - replaced part of a Grainger block. Built as a Masonic Hall and temple, later the Moor shipping line offices; now a club. Tall, elaborate, with superimposed pilasters and pilastered attic, mixing Jacobean and classical; tall arched doorway. Former Grand Central Lodge, Ionic. Upper Lodge with Corinthian pilasters. Second-floor Knight Templars' Encampment is domed.
Site Name
54 and 56 Pilgrim Street, Moor's Buildings
Site Type: Specific
Freemasons Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9232
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/20/21/10001; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 141-2
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7701
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424880
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
North Gosforth
Description
Ancillary pavilion to country house, now residence and part of club. Dated 1757
on rainwater head. By James Paine for Charles and Elizabeth Brandling (CBE on
rainwater head). Sandstone ashlar with plinth; graduated Lakeland slate roof.
2 storeys, 5 bays and left coach-house extension of one storey, one bay. Rusticated
quoins to central 3 bays; Central double door and overlight with glazing bars;
C20 door with overlight in first bay. Fixed lights on ground floor; sashes with
glazing bars above flanked by niches in window-shaped recesses. First floor sill
string, dentilled eaves gutter cornice; parapet to hipped roof with central chimney.
Coach-house at left has inserted window with glazing bars in blocked segmental-
arched opening: panelled impost bands; eaves cornice and blocking course.V.R. letter-
box in left return. LISTED GRADE 2*
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
SITEDESC
Ancillary pavilion to country house, now residence and part of club. Dated 1757
on rainwater head. By James Paine for Charles and Elizabeth Brandling (CBE on
rainwater head). Sandstone ashlar with plinth; graduated Lakeland slate roof.
2 storeys, 5 bays and left coach-house extension of one storey, one bay. Rusticated
quoins to central 3 bays; Central double door and overlight with glazing bars;
C20 door with overlight in first bay. Fixed lights on ground floor; sashes with
glazing bars above flanked by niches in window-shaped recesses. First floor sill
string, dentilled eaves gutter cornice; parapet to hipped roof with central chimney.
Coach-house at left has inserted window with glazing bars in blocked segmental-
arched opening: panelled impost bands; eaves cornice and blocking course.V.R. letter-
box in left return.
Site Name
Brandling House, caretaker's flat
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9231
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 4/54
YEAR1
2006