Queens Lane, Turnbull's Warehouse
Queens Lane, Turnbull's Warehouse
HER Number
5169
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Queens Lane, Turnbull's Warehouse
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This warehouse was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'1888 north block; 1897 additions to south; 1898 tower. By F. W. Rich for Robinson and Co., printers. Brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 5 storeys at right, 6 at left, and attics; 6:2:7 bays. Near-central 2-bay tower has groups of 3 slit windows on each floor; panelled and blind-arcaded top floor; wide windows, those in left section round-headed on top floor with brick-and- stone keyed arches. Bays defined by buttresses, those of the top floors at left with ashlar bands. Sill bands. Right section and lower left windows have cambered brick arches with keys; sill bands. Cornices on second floor of left section. Top cornice all around, dentilled at left and on tower. Shaped attic gables, with central pediments, have round-headed and oeil-de boeuf windows between pilasters. High pyramidal tower roof has small octagonal spirelets, all with swept eaves, over blind oriels. Central lead-covered ogee hipped roof.'
Later used as a warehouse to store prosthetic limbs. Converted into apartments and penthouses by Northern Land. LISTED GRADE 2
'1888 north block; 1897 additions to south; 1898 tower. By F. W. Rich for Robinson and Co., printers. Brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 5 storeys at right, 6 at left, and attics; 6:2:7 bays. Near-central 2-bay tower has groups of 3 slit windows on each floor; panelled and blind-arcaded top floor; wide windows, those in left section round-headed on top floor with brick-and- stone keyed arches. Bays defined by buttresses, those of the top floors at left with ashlar bands. Sill bands. Right section and lower left windows have cambered brick arches with keys; sill bands. Cornices on second floor of left section. Top cornice all around, dentilled at left and on tower. Shaped attic gables, with central pediments, have round-headed and oeil-de boeuf windows between pilasters. High pyramidal tower roof has small octagonal spirelets, all with swept eaves, over blind oriels. Central lead-covered ogee hipped roof.'
Later used as a warehouse to store prosthetic limbs. Converted into apartments and penthouses by Northern Land. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424960
Northing
563780
Grid Reference
NZ424960563780
Sources
<< HER 5169 >> 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, 23/469; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 109; John Penn, 2009, The Enigmatic Architect: Frank West Rich (1840-1929), Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol XXXVIII, pp 139-149; Northern Land, no date, The Turnbull Ssh! (photo book); https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1325543