Shop and offices. Circa 1874. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 3 storeys and
attics, 5 bays. Jacobean style. Ground floor altered. Upper floors have tall sashes
with late C19 cross glazing bars. Each floor has pilasters and entablature; first
has Tuscan Order, the central 4 pilasters rusticated; dentilled cornice. Second
floor Ionic, with pulvinated frieze and modillioned cornice. Corinthian to 3 attic
windows with lower pilasters flanking shaped end panels. Scrolled pediment over
centre window rests on long keys. Shaped gable above has central cartouche under
raised pediment; urn finials. LISTED GRADE 2

Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1837 probably by John Wardle for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Ground floor
altered. Upper floors have giant Ionic Order of attached fluted pilasters;
sashes in plain reveals, a few with glazing bars; second-floor entablature with
prominent cornice. Top floor has panelled pilasters flanking sashes with glazing
bars except in centre bay which is blind on all floors. Top cornice and blocking
course with blocks above pilasters. LISTED GRADE 2*

House, cattle shed, shelter with loft above and hemmel. Late C18. English garden
wall bond brick with standstone rubble rear; hemmel and cattle shed sandstone
rubble with ashlar dressings. Roofs: pantiles to house and hemmel with tile
ridges; sandstone flags at eaves of house; Welsh slate roof to cattle shed;
asbestos to loft. House: 2 low storeys; 2 bays; boarded door at right under
wedge stone lintel; similar lintel and rendered flat sill to horizontal sliding
sash at left; smaller horizontal sliding sashes at eaves have no sills. Tumbled-
in brickwork in left return gable, brick coping in right; one truncated end brick
chimney left. Shelter and loft: 2 storeys, 7 bays; 7 elliptical-headed arches
central half-glazed hit-and-miss window above flanked by pitching doors under
cambered brick arches; ventilation slits in outer bays. Cattle shed; 1 storey,
3 wide bays; central boarded doors flanked by hit-and-miss windows with pecked
stone lintels and projecting sills. Hemmel: 1 storey, 3 bays; central Dutch
door; horizontal sliding sash at left and hit-and-miss window at right with pecked
stone lintels and projecting stone sills; similar door lintel. LISTED GRADE 2

Terrace of 15 houses. Circa 1840. English bond brick with ashlar basement and
dressings; Welsh slate roof. Basement and 3 storeys; central 4 houses have 3 bays
each (Nos. 12-18) as has No. 2 at right. Others have 2 bays and No. 30 has an
entrance bay of 2 storeys (raised c.1984) set back at left. 6 or 7 steps to 4-panelled
doors with vertical bead, No. 18 covered, in left bays (except in No. 2 where it is
central). Overlights, some with glazing bars, and architraves, to all doors; door of
No. 30 later C19. Wedge stone lintels to sash windows, many with glazing bars; c20
glazing to upper floors of No. 6; projecting stone sills. First floor band; shallow
end brick pilasters. Sandstone block inscribed VICTORIA TERRACE at right. Many
original handrails to steps; spearhead railings in front of No. 28. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Circa 1820. Rusticated render with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof.
2 storeys, 2 bays. Steps up to 5-panel door and fanlight in doorcase of tapered
fluted pilasters with block capitals supporting brackets, cornice. Lugged archi-
traves to renewed windows with projecting stone sills. Top cornice. Central
rendered chimney. LISTED GRADE 2

Shops and offices, Circa 1895. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys and
attics; 2:3:l:3 bays and curved left corner bay to Cross Street. Office entrance
in centre of 7 right bays: panelled double door under keyed oeuil-de-boeuf and
cartouche, flanked by rusticated pilasters. Similar pilasters frame shops, that
at left with boarded covering to ends and fascia; entablature over shops at right.
Ground-floor cornice, bracketed above entrance where it curves out to form balcony
with low iron railing. Giant Ionic Order above defining each group of windows;
Tuscan Order pilasters flanking each first floor window under pulvinated frieze
and cornice; scrolled pediments over central window of each group of 3). Second-
floor windows have blind balustrade. Second-floor entablature with modillioned
cornice. Fourth-floor windows have keyed architraves. Left curved corner has one-
bay turret with high dome. LISTED GRADE 2

This building was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Offices. Dated 1910 on cartouche. By William Bell, for North Eastern Railway Company. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. Free Baroque style. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Central wider bay has steps up to renewed double door and fanlight in rusticated surround with recessed attached rusticated Ionic columns flanking keyed arch and supporting open pediment with elaborate cartouche carved IRVING HOUSE. Plinth; rusticated ground floor fonts voussoirs to round-headed sashes with carved keystones under cornice. Architraves to all upper windows, those in first floor with Gibbs surrounds, the central tripartite with central pediment. First floor cornice supports giant enriched Ionic pilasters. Double keystones on first floor, triple in centre bay, second-floor window cornices, third floor aprons and moulded sills; swag and garland to central window. Top entablature has modillioned cornice and central segmental pediment with dated cartouche. Balustrade above with consoles flanking central raised panel. Two tall corniced end chimneys.' LISTED GRADE 2

Shops, mission hall and offices. 1900-2 by Crouch and Butler, Birmingham, as
Wesleyan Mission Hall. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings; roof of dark
slates with lead dome. Free Art Nouveau style. 4 storeys and attics, with 5-storey
left tower; 9 bays. Corner double door with pilasters, frieze and cartouches,
recessed in quadrant-moulded surround; rusticated floor pilasters with cartouches.
Upper floors have group of 4 two-storey round-headed windows, with long keystones
and stone mullions and transoms, flanked by 2-storey oriels in first bay and 2
right end bays. Much carved Jacobean-style ornament. Dentilled cornice; stepped
gables over round-headed windows. Corbelled-out left corner tower is octagonal
with cable-moulded bow windows. Mansard roof has finials, egg-and-dart corniced
chimneys; high octagonal dome over tower has cartouches, masks, lucarnes and
top lantern with spike-and-ball finial. Foundation stones bear names of
Methodist circuits of area and of T.H. Bainbridge, J.P., and Sir W.H. Stephenson,
J.P. Left return to Corporation Street of 3 storeys and 6 bays has high broken
segmental pediments over 3 double doors to school and hall; tall double keystones
to ground floor mullioned-and-transomed windows; upper floors in similar style to
Westgate Road front. LISTED GRADE 2

This building was listed Grade II* in 1954 with the following description:
'Private library and society rooms. 1822 by John Green; stone mason John Ions of Gateshead. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. Greek revival style. 3 storeys, 3 bays under pediment. Moulded plinths; rusticated ground floor with wide square stone steps to double door recessed behind fluted Ionic columns; Voussoirs to this and to flanking aproned sashes. First-floor sashes in architraves, with cornices, the central bracketed; projecting sills to square second-floor sashes; all windows have glazing bars. Top entablature with triglyphs and guttae. Ends set back and entablature follows. 1885 addition of rear wing at right-angles obscured by Bolbec Hall (q.v.). Interior shows much classical stucco ornament on friezes; wrought-iron balconies and spiral stair to library gallery; low-domed roof lights with glazing bars. Extension at rear with similar-style interior 1888/9 by A.B. Gibson. Sculpture collection includes busts of Bewick 1825 by Bailey, of Rev. Turner 1829 by Bailey; of George Stephenson 1832 by Moore; of Robert Stephenson 1855 by Wyon; and statue of James Losh 1836 by Lough.' {1}.
The library was completed in 1825. The Lit & Phil began as a learned body based on Birmingham's 'Lunar Society'. It was the brainchild of the Rev. William Turner and was founded in 1793. In September 1822 the Duke of Sussex laid a grand ceremonial foundation stone, which was followed by dinner in the Assembly Rooms, with 53 speeches and 35 toasts. During the 19th century the library was the centre for learning in Newcastle. The town's scientists, engineers, industrialists and others met there. In 1817 George Stephenson showed his newly invented miners' lamp. In 1844 William George Armstrong first spoke on electricity. In 1880 Joseph William Swan demonstrated the first incandescent electric light. Past presidents include Robert Stephenson, Lord W.G. Armstrong and Sir Charles Parsons. In 1893 the building was almost destroyed by fire. Reconstructed 1893-4 by FW Rich. It is the largest independent library outside London with a collection of over 160,000 books. LISTED GRADE 2*

This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'House, now offices. Late C17 or early C18. Bright red brick, with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. English garden wall bond (4 and one). 4 storeys, 5 bays. Circa 1960 inserted front and passageway at right in late C19 stone shop; fascia with cast iron rail on cornice; upper floors have tapered end pilasters, and cornice to each floor. Sashes in architraves have stone panels above, and aprons on top 2 floors, forming vertical stone strips. Moulded sills. Capitals to top pilasters at window lintel level; top entablature with covered cornice. Big roof with 2 ridge chimneys. Interior not inspected.'
Pevsner - remarkable despite the later shopfronts. In 1723 this was Lady Clavering's House according to Corbridge's map. The sashes are in architrave surrounds linked vertically by stone panels and aprons. The column effect is reinforced by tapered pilasters on the three upper floors and by the cornices. The 1960s shopfront is a 'brutal addition'. Now Mortgage Advice Shop with offices above. LISTED GRADE 2