Carliol Square, Telephone House

HER Number

12909

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Carliol Square, Telephone House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Communications

Site Type: Broad

Telecommunication Building

Site Type: Specific

Telephone Exchange

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Newcastle Telephone Exchange. Now a big brick office block occupying most of the eastern half of Carliol Square. Five storeys and a mansard attic, and a semi basement. The flat face has 15 bays, with big decorative doorcases at the second, middle and 14th bays. These are of rusticated sandstone and rise through three storeys. First shown on OS 4th edition of 1940.

Easting

425210

Northing

564330

Grid Reference

NZ425210564330

Sources

Archaeological Services University of Durham, August 2006, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological desk-based assessment and photographic record, part 2: gazeteer, pages 173-174; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Phase II, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; Heritage Architecture Ltd. 2006, Historical Assessment of East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle