Tyne and Wear HER(8744): Newcastle, Sandhill, No. 18 (Phoenix House) - Details
8744
Newcastle
Newcastle, Sandhill, No. 18 (Phoenix House)
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Building
Office
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Offices, Circa 1869 by Parnell for Royal Insurance Company. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh
slate roof. Curved corner site. Basement and 4 storeys; 6 bays to Sandhill, 3 to
curved left corner, 5 to left return to Queen Street. Tuscan pilasters and enta-
blature to ground floor with corner door and overlight in Gothic attached columns
flanked by tall Tuscan columns; emblems of Phoenix Insurance Company in carved
overdoor panel. Giant Corinthian Order above contains windows in architraves, top
corners rounded on second floor, under entablature with prominent second-floor
cornice. Top floor has Palladian arcade under cornice; parapet to corner and end
bays with carved shaped panels; parapet and blocking course have acroteria. LISTED GRADE 2
2522
6390
NZ25226390
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/472; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 122; City Guides Information A-Z, 1980