Wills Tobacco Factory, Coast Road
Wills Tobacco Factory, Coast Road
HER Number
5162
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Wills Tobacco Factory, Coast Road
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Factory
Site Type: Specific
Tobacco Factory
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Former W.D. and H.O. Wills tobacco manufacturing factory built of red brick and Portland stone in the 1940s but in an Art Deco style designed prior to the Second World War. Manufacturing ended in the 1980s with the national decline in the cigarette market. Now converted to apartments. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
428070
Northing
566980
Grid Reference
NZ428070566980
Sources
<< HER 5162 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/809
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 80
Wildblood Macdonald Partnership, 1991, The Wills Building, Coast Road, Newcastle, Case for the partial demolition...
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 80
Wildblood Macdonald Partnership, 1991, The Wills Building, Coast Road, Newcastle, Case for the partial demolition...