Description

NZ 2464 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE GREY STREET
(west side)
20/286
14/6/54 Central Arcade Nos.
1 to 22 consecutive
G.V. II*
Exchange Buildings interior: shopping arcade. Dated 1906 on entrances. By J.
Oswald and Sons. 2 rows of shops, those on the west the rear of No. 120 to 150
(even) Grainger Street. Faience by Burmantofts; iron and glass roof. 2 storeys,
lO bays of varying widths. Shops have slender pilasters and curved windows
flanking recessed entrances with high overlights; bracketed fascia supports first
floor balcony and cast iron lamp-holders. Each side of set-back upper floor has
10 groups of from one to 3 windows flanked by pilasters; shell pediments to
windows and top entablature with much rococo decoration. Each end has paired
arches on Ionic column and half-columns, with cartouches dated 1906, under
entablature. Niches with shell canopies above in Venetian form, the whole in
pilastered surround under segmental pediment and radiating panels. Round-arched
lattice girders support glazed roof and central ridged ventilator. Floor has
classical motifs in terrazzo; glass block basement lights.

Listing NGR: NZ2485464347

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Central Arcade at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5060340

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)