Tyne and Wear HER(9121): Newcastle, St. Nicholas Street, General Post Office - Details
9121
Newcastle
Newcastle, St. Nicholas Street, General Post Office
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Post Office
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Post office. 1871-74 by James Williams. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible.
Classical style. 4 storeys, 3 bays. 2 superimposed Giant Orders: Roman Doric on
2 lower floors and Corinthian above. Fluted ground-floor band. Central porch in
antis contains recessed double door and overlight, flanked by narrow windows;
tripartite sash window above. Sashes in outer bays flanked by pilasters. First
floor entablature has triglyph and guttae frieze. Sash windows in architraves,
those on second floor with apron balustrades and bracketed pediments, the central
segmental on Ionic pilasters. Third floor patterned sill band. Rusticated quoins
and top entablature with central panel: POST OFFICE in low relief. Wide dentilled
eaves cornice. One bay set back at right in plainer style. Stone area balustrade
with chamfered moulded coping. LISTED GRADE 2
2492
6396
NZ24926396
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/489; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20 and 117