256 Whitley Road, Belvedere shop

HER Number

6744

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

256 Whitley Road, Belvedere shop

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shop

Site Type: Specific

Shop

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Attractive shop on corner of Whitley Road and Park Avenue with huge windows, some with arched fanlights above. Curved corner window has a balcony/balustrade. Looks contemporary in date to the front of the Coliseum Theatre two doors up, which was erected in the 1930s. LOCAL LIST

Easting

435480

Northing

572110

Grid Reference

NZ435480572110

Sources

The Archaeological Practice, 2004, The Coliseum, Whitley Bay, Archaeological Assessment; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)