Westgate Road, Great Northern Railway Co. Offices
Westgate Road, Great Northern Railway Co. Offices
HER Number
12898
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Great Northern Railway Co. Offices
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Fine ashlar building with a domed roof. The offices of the Great Northern Railway Company. Three storeys plus an attic space in the dome. Ground floor had a central doorway flanked by low rectangular windows with oriel windows above. The first floor had round-headed arched windows, and the second floor rectangular windows. Dormer window in the domed roof. A pediment with urns. To the west of the offices and adjoining was the property of ? Emersons Ltd and to the east on the corner of Pudding Chare, was a two storey property in the occupation of Charltons in 1900. These properties were replaced by Westgate House and Norwich Union House in 1965-71, which Grace McCombie (1992) described as 'unspeakably ugly'.
Easting
424770
Northing
563990
Grid Reference
NZ424770563990
Sources
Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New, page 45