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5168


Newcastle


Hanover Street, Bonded Warehouses


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Commercial


Warehouse


Bonded Warehouse


POST MEDIEVAL


Victorian 1837 to 1901


Extant Building


These warehouses were listed Grade II in 1982 with the following description: 'Warehouses. 1841-44 for Amor Spoor. Flemish bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; felt-covered roof with stone gable copings. 7 storeys, 43 bays. 5 gabled bays to bond No. 40 at left; 3 to No. 50; then 16 bays. Warehouse No. 40 has central wider bay and 6 stacks of loading bays; bond No. 50 has 3 stacks of loading bays; 4 to remaining bays. Some stacks bricked up - outer ones of bond 40 entirely. Round-headed openings with projecting stone sills. South elevation to The Close has 2 tall wide rusticated sandstone arched entrances. Modern addition at west end is not of interest.' Hanover Street and Hanover Stairs which bisect the warehouses, were also built at this time. Originally different parts of the warehouses were owned by different trades. In the 1930s the whole company was bought by Curries, a haulage firm. The ware houses are bonded and under permanent Customs and Excise supervision. In 1939 the warehouses were full of tea evacuated from London. A fire in 1997 irreparably damaged the western warehouse and so this was demolished. Restored and extended as flats 2007-8 by Napper Architects. LISTED GRADE 2


424810


563580


NZ424810563580



<< HER 5168 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 30; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 23/304; Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, The Bonded Warehouses, Hanover Street and The Close, Archaeological Assessment; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 25, 76-77; City Guides Information; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355271

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