Swinburne Street, Municipal Buildings
Swinburne Street, Municipal Buildings
HER Number
8274
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Swinburne Street, Municipal Buildings
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Bank (Financial)
Site Type: Specific
Bank (Financial)
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Formerly the National Provincial Bank. 1871 possibly by Johb Gibson (architect to
National Provincial Bank). Ashlar in Quasi-classical style. Two storeys, five
bays on Swinburne Street. Three on left (East) return. Rusticated pilasters
support entablature, with heavy modillion cornice and frieze inscribed: NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, ESTABLISHED AD 1733. Unusual pierced parapet above.
Flat arched paired upper windows, round arched ground floor windows with architraves,
key and impost blocks, all with bracketed cills. Two doorways in similar openings.
Included as part of group of municipal buildings in Swinburne Street - West Street. LISTED GRADE 2
National Provincial Bank). Ashlar in Quasi-classical style. Two storeys, five
bays on Swinburne Street. Three on left (East) return. Rusticated pilasters
support entablature, with heavy modillion cornice and frieze inscribed: NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, ESTABLISHED AD 1733. Unusual pierced parapet above.
Flat arched paired upper windows, round arched ground floor windows with architraves,
key and impost blocks, all with bracketed cills. Two doorways in similar openings.
Included as part of group of municipal buildings in Swinburne Street - West Street. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425530
Northing
563420
Grid Reference
NZ425530563420
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/111; Iain S. Black, National Provisional Bank Buildings in North-East England in the Later Nineteenth Century, Durham Archaeological Journal 17, pp 63-82