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

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New, page 45