Westgate Road, Westgate House/Norwich Union House

HER Number:
12899

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westgate Road, Westgate House/Norwich Union House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Commercial Office

Site Type: Specific:
Commercial Office

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Described by Grace McCombie (1992) as 'unspeakably ugly and intrusive'. 1965-71 by Cartwright Woolatt & Partners. Norwich Union House was designed, according to a contemporary account, 'to fit into the stone character of this part of the City'. Westgate House straddled Westgate Road on pilotis, in order to 'give a sense of enclosure'. Westgate House has been demolished.

Easting:
424770

Northing:
563980

Grid Reference:
NZ424770563980

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Nikolaus Pevsner and Ian Richmond, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland (second edition revised by John Grundy, Grace McCombie, Peter Ryder and Humphrey Welfare), page 491; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, pages 39, 114 and 143