The Close, Fish Market
The Close, Fish Market
HER Number
9096
District
Newcastle
Site Name
The Close, Fish Market
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Market
Site Type: Specific
Fish Market
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Fish market, now warehouse. 1880 by A.M. Fowler. Brick with ashlar dressings;
Welsh slate roof. One high storey, 3 x 7 bays. 3-bay west elevation has bays
defined by rusticated pilasters with entasis. Keyed arch and extended impost
strings to central open entrance flanked by high keyed oculi; high entablature
and deep cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has roof lights and long, hipped
ridge ventilator. Central arched entrances flanked by arched windows on each
return. Entrances all have elaborate wrought iron gates under grilles with
Newcastle arms. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof. One high storey, 3 x 7 bays. 3-bay west elevation has bays
defined by rusticated pilasters with entasis. Keyed arch and extended impost
strings to central open entrance flanked by high keyed oculi; high entablature
and deep cornice. Low-pitched hipped roof has roof lights and long, hipped
ridge ventilator. Central arched entrances flanked by arched windows on each
return. Entrances all have elaborate wrought iron gates under grilles with
Newcastle arms. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425130
Northing
563760
Grid Reference
NZ425130563760
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/191; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 103; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 108