St. Nicholas Square, Newcastle & Gateshead B Soc
St. Nicholas Square, Newcastle & Gateshead B Soc
HER Number
8738
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. Nicholas Square, Newcastle & Gateshead B Soc
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Bank (Financial)
Site Type: Specific
Bank (Financial)
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Bank; circa 1845 by Benjamin Green for Newcastle Joint Stock Bank. Sandstone ashlar;
Welsh slate roof. Palazzo style. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Central double door and overlight
in rusticated ground floor with voussoirs to 5 arched openings, those to left of door
covered by C20 fascia; round-headed windows in those at right, plain at left. First
floor has panelled pilasters defining bays containing round-headed windows in keyed
arched surrounds; wide moulded brackets support 3-bay second-floor balcony. Giant
Ionic Order through second and third floors. Pulvinated friezes and pediments to 2nd
floor windows, bracketed architraves to third. Entablature with dentilled and
modillioned cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has 3 conjoined ashlar chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof. Palazzo style. 4 storeys, 5 bays. Central double door and overlight
in rusticated ground floor with voussoirs to 5 arched openings, those to left of door
covered by C20 fascia; round-headed windows in those at right, plain at left. First
floor has panelled pilasters defining bays containing round-headed windows in keyed
arched surrounds; wide moulded brackets support 3-bay second-floor balcony. Giant
Ionic Order through second and third floors. Pulvinated friezes and pediments to 2nd
floor windows, bracketed architraves to third. Entablature with dentilled and
modillioned cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has 3 conjoined ashlar chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424970
Northing
564030
Grid Reference
NZ424970564030
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/396; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20 and 162