Bolbec Hall was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Offices. 1907 by F.W. Rich for the Literary and Philosophical Society sandstone ashlar on granite plinth, and shap granite door columns; roof not visible. Free Palladian style. 5 storeys, 6 bays and entrance bay set back at right at oblique angle. Main entrance has steps up to double door flanked by granite Ionic columns with Jacobean low-relief bronzes on lower section; BOLBEC HALL on fascia over door, with carved coats of arms above; ornate Venetian window on first floor under pediment; plainer windows to upper floors in style of main elevation. Main elevation has double door in first bay; aproned ground-floor windows recessed between rusticated pilasters; ground-floor entablature with triglyph frieze. First-floor windows in Gibbs surrounds have alternate pediments and balustrades; shell-bracketed projections below second- floor windows in enriched architraves with friezes and bracketed cornices. Bracketed sills to third-floor windows in architraves under richly-carved swagged frieze and modillioned cornice. Venetian windows above in Tuscan cases with keyed architraves. Top entablature; roof balustrade with iron finials; right corner bay has keyed oculus under pediment.' {1}. Cheerful Baroque with garlands and Gibbs surrounds {McCombie 2009}. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Institute
SITEDESC
Bolbec Hall was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Offices. 1907 by F.W. Rich for the Literary and Philosophical Society sandstone ashlar on granite plinth, and shap granite door columns; roof not visible. Free Palladian style. 5 storeys, 6 bays and entrance bay set back at right at oblique angle. Main entrance has steps up to double door flanked by granite Ionic columns with Jacobean low-relief bronzes on lower section; BOLBEC HALL on fascia over door, with carved coats of arms above; ornate Venetian window on first floor under pediment; plainer windows to upper floors in style of main elevation. Main elevation has double door in first bay; aproned ground-floor windows recessed between rusticated pilasters; ground-floor entablature with triglyph frieze. First-floor windows in Gibbs surrounds have alternate pediments and balustrades; shell-bracketed projections below second- floor windows in enriched architraves with friezes and bracketed cornices. Bracketed sills to third-floor windows in architraves under richly-carved swagged frieze and modillioned cornice. Venetian windows above in Tuscan cases with keyed architraves. Top entablature; roof balustrade with iron finials; right corner bay has keyed oculus under pediment.' {1}. Cheerful Baroque with garlands and Gibbs surrounds {McCombie 2009}.
Site Name
Bolbec Hall, Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
Literary and Scientific Institute
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8708
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/590; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 117; PLB Consulting Ltd, 2006, Conservation Management Plan for the North East Institute; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024738
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
DAY2
12
District
Newcastle
Easting
423220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564370
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
Lodge to Westgate Hill School. Probably early C20. Red brick and tile-hanging with
some half-timbering; Lakeland slate roof. T-plan on first floor with pent extruded
bays filling corners. Overhanging first floor hung with fish-scale tiles. Half-
glazed door in extruded bay recessed behind carved corner-post. Sashes with upper
glazing bars. Central brick stack with pilasters and corbelled cornice. Walls and
piers: brick, red sandstone and terra-cotta. Chamfered plinth to walls with
chamfered stone coping; stone-coped plinth to square piers with terra-cotta cornices
and ball finials. Gates: wrought and cast iron; quatrefoil-pierced bands to gates
with spear finials and twisted uprights; upward-curved top rail; the left gate has
cast-iron 'GIRLS AND INFANTS' and the right 'BOYS' plaques attached. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Lodge to Westgate Hill School. Probably early C20. Red brick and tile-hanging with some half-timbering; Lakeland slate roof. T-plan on first floor with pent extruded bays filling corners. Overhanging first floor hung with fish-scale tiles. Half-glazed door in extruded bay recessed behind carved corner-post. Sashes with upper
glazing bars. Central brick stack with pilasters and corbelled cornice. Walls and piers: brick, red sandstone and terra-cotta. Chamfered plinth to walls with chamfered stone coping; stone-coped plinth to square piers with terra-cotta cornices and ball finials. Gates: wrought and cast iron; quatrefoil-pierced bands to gates
with spear finials and twisted uprights; upward-curved top rail; the left gate has cast-iron 'GIRLS AND INFANTS' and the right 'BOYS' plaques attached.
Site Name
Westgate Road, Westgate Hill School, lodge
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8707
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/586; PCA, 2010, Westgate Hill Primary School, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
DAY2
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
423490
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564290
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
2 houses, now public house. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar and pecked stone; Welsh
slate roof. 2 builds. Left part: basement and 2 storeys, 2 bays, lO steps curved
round right angle to flushed door at right, in flat Tuscan doorcase with prominent
cornice. C19 oriel inserted at left; sashes above under flat stone lintels have
late C19 glazing bars and sill band. Ground floor sill band interrupted by oriel.
Eaves band and gutter cornice. Ashlar end chimney raised in brick. Steps have plain
iron railings and handrail with downcurled end. Right part: rusticated ground and
first floors; rusticated quoins to second floor. 3 storeys, 1 bay. Aproned sills
and flat stone lintels to renewed ground-floor window and first-floor sash with
glazing bars; similar second-floor window with sill band. Eaves gutter cornice; 2
chimneys behind. Right return: 3 storeys, 2 windows and 3 narrow bays; rusticated
first floor in left part and 2 gabled porches. Small-paned ground-floor windows;
sashes with glazing bars above; bands at second floor level and sill level; eaves
gutter cornice. Cast iron area railings. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
2 houses, now public house. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar and pecked stone; Welsh slate roof. 2 builds. Left part: basement and 2 storeys, 2 bays, lO steps curved round right angle to flushed door at right, in flat Tuscan doorcase with prominent cornice. C19 oriel inserted at left; sashes above under flat stone lintels have late C19 glazing bars and sill band. Ground floor sill band interrupted by oriel.
Eaves band and gutter cornice. Ashlar end chimney raised in brick. Steps have plain
iron railings and handrail with downcurled end. Right part: rusticated ground and
first floors; rusticated quoins to second floor. 3 storeys, 1 bay. Aproned sills
and flat stone lintels to renewed ground-floor window and first-floor sash with
glazing bars; similar second-floor window with sill band. Eaves gutter cornice; 2
chimneys behind. Right return: 3 storeys, 2 windows and 3 narrow bays; rusticated
first floor in left part and 2 gabled porches. Small-paned ground-floor windows;
sashes with glazing bars above; bands at second floor level and sill level; eaves
gutter cornice. Cast iron area railings. Bought by Fitzgerald's in 1892.
Site Name
358 Westgate Road, The Balmoral Public House
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8706
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/583 and 18/583; AAG Archaeology, 2014, Ryokan Hotel, 358 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment Addendum; Archaeological Research Services, 2008, 358 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; Building control plans TWAS: 1876 T186/1452; 1884 T186/10671; 1897 T186/17640; 1938 T186/1452; 1952 T186/17460; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
423890
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Stucco
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564180
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
House. Early C19. Painted incised stucco; Welsh slate roof. Basement, 2 storeys;
2 bays. Hardboard-covered door at right under fanlight in open-pedimented case
with fluted pilasters,and paterae on frieze. Plain sashes, one on second floor,
in moulded wood surrounds, have projecting stone sills. Gutter cornice. Roof has
sash in pedimented dormer; 2 ridge brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Early C19. Painted incised stucco; Welsh slate roof. Basement, 2 storeys; 2 bays. Hardboard-covered door at right under fanlight in open-pedimented case with fluted pilasters, and paterae on frieze. Plain sashes, one on second floor, in moulded wood surrounds, have projecting stone sills. Gutter cornice. Roof has sash in pedimented dormer; 2 ridge brick chimneys.
Site Name
266 Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8705
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 18/581
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564130
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
House. Circa 1825. Rendered basement; English garden wall bond brick with painted
ashlar dressings; felt-covered roof. Basement, 3 storeys and attic; 2 bays. Steps
up to hardboard-covered door and overlight in doorcase of pilasters, and entablature
with prominent cornice. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to one ground-
floor and both upper-floor plain sashes. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Small
square-headed dormer. Plain wrought-iron hand and area railings. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Circa 1825. Rendered basement; English garden wall bond brick with painted
ashlar dressings; felt-covered roof. Basement, 3 storeys and attic; 2 bays. Steps
up to hardboard-covered door and overlight in doorcase of pilasters, and entablature
with prominent cornice. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to one ground-
floor and both upper-floor plain sashes. Eaves band and gutter cornice. Small
square-headed dormer. Plain wrought-iron hand and area railings
Site Name
190 Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8704
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/577
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564070
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Company meeting hall, now with shops. 1805-12, for Company of House Carpenters. Late
C19 shops. Sandstone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2:5:2 bays, the wings
lower and set back; central 3 bays project under pediment. 4 shops in ground floor.
Flat stone lintels to windows above with renewed glazing to most; projecting stone
sills in each wing; sill band to central 5 bays. Eaves bands and gutter cornices.
House Carpenters' arms in pediment. Hipped roof has truncated end chimneys to main
block. Source: Mackenzie History of Newcastle Newcastle 1827 p.693. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Company meeting hall, now with shops. 1805-12, for Company of House Carpenters. Late C19 shops. Sandstone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2:5:2 bays, the wings lower and set back; central 3 bays project under pediment. 4 shops in ground floor. Flat stone lintels to windows above with renewed glazing to most; projecting stone sills in each wing; sill band to central 5 bays. Eaves bands and gutter cornices. House Carpenters' arms in pediment. Hipped roof has truncated end chimneys to main block. Source: Mackenzie History of Newcastle 1827 p.693.
Site Name
House Carpenter's Hall, 100-108 Westgate Rd
Site Type: Specific
Meeting Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8703
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/574
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424470
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564040
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shop and offices. Dated 1894 on corner turret. Sandstone ashlar; pink granite office
door surround, roof not visible; fishscale copper roof to corner turret. 4 storeys
and attic; 6 bays to Westgate Road with right curved corner bay to Clayton Street
and one tripartite bay on right return. Office entrance at left: panelled double
door and overlight recessed in architrave with tall double key to entablature
resting on rusticated pilasters. Altered shop fronts. Upper floors have sashes with
glazing bars in lugged architraves. Those on first floor have high moulded friezes,
with central carved panel, under cornices with central semi-circular pediment;
segmental-headed second-floor sashes have block rustication and key bracket. Giant
Ionic Order frames these floors and supports entablature with modillioned cornice.
Top windows flanked by paired attached Tuscan columns under top entablature. Corner
turret has date panel below colonnade with paired corner columns, all with block
rustication, and narrow scrolled pediments over corner projections. Domed roof.
Roof balustrade supports consoles flanking 2 dormers, sashes in architraves with
tall keys under segmental pediments. Tall chimneys have pilasters and cornices. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
Shop and offices. Dated 1894 on corner turret. Sandstone ashlar; pink granite office
door surround, roof not visible; fishscale copper roof to corner turret. 4 storeys
and attic; 6 bays to Westgate Road with right curved corner bay to Clayton Street
and one tripartite bay on right return. Office entrance at left: panelled double
door and overlight recessed in architrave with tall double key to entablature
resting on rusticated pilasters. Altered shop fronts. Upper floors have sashes with
glazing bars in lugged architraves. Those on first floor have high moulded friezes,
with central carved panel, under cornices with central semi-circular pediment;
segmental-headed second-floor sashes have block rustication and key bracket. Giant
Ionic Order frames these floors and supports entablature with modillioned cornice.
Top windows flanked by paired attached Tuscan columns under top entablature. Corner
turret has date panel below colonnade with paired corner columns, all with block
rustication, and narrow scrolled pediments over corner projections. Domed roof.
Roof balustrade supports consoles flanking 2 dormers, sashes in architraves with
tall keys under segmental pediments. Tall chimneys have pilasters and cornices. In 2013 this is Dunsford Office Furniture. McCombie - by Armstrong & Knowles. Replaced John Wardle's Grainger development on this plot.
Site Name
88 Westgate Road, Atlas Chambers
Site Type: Specific
Shop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8702
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 19/572; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 180
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564030
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
County Court building. Dated 1864.
Sandstone ashlar with rusticated quoins to upper floors; dark slate roof. Classical
style. 3 storeys, 5 bays and archway at left. Steps up to double door under fanlight
in right bay; Rusticated ground floor forming voussoirs to end doors, 4 round-headed
windows and left archway. Masks on arch keys. Margined sash windows, shallow seg-
mental-headed on first floor, and square-headed on second, those on upper floors
in architraves which are lugged and keyed on first and have bracketed sills on
second floors. Ground-floor entablature with dentilled cornice; second-floor sill
band and lintel string which supports brackets to top cornice. Low-pitched hipped
roof has tall ashlar chimneys with bracketed cornices. Royal Arms on blocking course
above left archway; ground-floor frieze inscribed COUNTY COURT 1864.
4 square piers flank carriage entrance at left aid pedestrian entrance at right;
flat-coped swarf wall between supports spear-headed wrought iron railings and gates. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
SITEDESC
County Court building. Dated 1864.
Sandstone ashlar with rusticated quoins to upper floors; dark slate roof. Classical
style. 3 storeys, 5 bays and archway at left. Steps up to double door under fanlight
in right bay; Rusticated ground floor forming voussoirs to end doors, 4 round-headed
windows and left archway. Masks on arch keys. Margined sash windows, shallow seg-mental-headed on first floor, and square-headed on second, those on upper floors
in architraves which are lugged and keyed on first and have bracketed sills on
second floors. Ground-floor entablature with dentilled cornice; second-floor sill
band and lintel string which supports brackets to top cornice. Low-pitched hipped
roof has tall ashlar chimneys with bracketed cornices. Royal Arms on blocking course above left archway; ground-floor frieze inscribed COUNTY COURT 1864.
4 square piers flank carriage entrance at left aid pedestrian entrance at right;
flat-coped swarf wall between supports spear-headed wrought iron railings and gates. In 2013 this is David Gray & Co.
Site Name
County Court, 56 Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
County Court
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8701
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/570; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 152
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
1481
DAY1
18
DAY2
21
District
Newcastle
Easting
424730
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
This tomb was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Chest tomb. Circa 1800 to Solomon Hodgson, owner and editor of the Newcastle Chronicle., and members of his family. Sandstone ashlar. Moulded top on inscribed panels. Inscription recorded in E. Mackenzie History of Newcastle 1827, 351.'
Solomon Hodgson (1761-1800) was born in Cumberland. He was probably apprenticed as a letter press printer to Thomas Slack, founder of the Newcastle Chronicle. Following Slack's death, he became reporter, editor, advertising agent and publisher of the newspaper at Union Street. Hodgson also managed a printing and bookselling business and an agency for patent medicines in the Groat Market. He was a friend of Thomas Bewick and helped compile the 'General History of Quadrupeds'. Following his early death aged 39, his widow Sarah, Thomas Slack's daughter, carried on the business. After her death in 1822, their son Thomas continued as proprietor and editor for another 43 years. There is a 96 word epitaph on the tomb. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
This tomb was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Chest tomb. Circa 1800 to Solomon Hodgson, owner and editor of the Newcastle Chronicle., and members of his family. Sandstone ashlar. Moulded top on inscribed panels. Inscription recorded in E. Mackenzie History of Newcastle 1827, 351.'
Solomon Hodgson (1761-1800) was born in Cumberland. He was probably apprenticed as a letter press printer to Thomas Slack, founder of the Newcastle Chronicle. Following Slack's death, he became reporter, editor, advertising agent and publisher of the newspaper at Union Street. Hodgson also managed a printing and bookselling business and an agency for patent medicines in the Groat Market. He was a friend of Thomas Bewick and helped compile the 'General History of Quadrupeds'. Following his early death aged 39, his widow Sarah, Thomas Slack's daughter, carried on the business. After her death in 1822, their son Thomas continued as proprietor and editor for another 43 years. There is a 96 word epitaph on the tomb.
Site Name
Church of St. John, Hodgson Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Chest Tomb
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8700
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/568; Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 34-35; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024730
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
1481
DAY1
18
DAY2
21
District
Newcastle
Easting
424710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563990
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
This tomb was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Table tomb. Circa 1798 to Ralph Waters, artist. Sandstone ashlar. Chamfered slab on 6 square columns. Included for historical interest. Memorial panel to Waters in south aisle of church of St. John refers to this tomb.' LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
This tomb was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Table tomb. Circa 1798 to Ralph Waters, artist. Sandstone ashlar. Chamfered slab on 6 square columns. Included for historical interest. Memorial panel to Waters in south aisle of church of St. John refers to this tomb.'
Site Name
Church of St. John, Waters Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Table Tomb
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8699
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/567; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024729