Athenaeum, Hartlepool
Description: Athenaeum
Grade: II
Date Listed: 17 December 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 432347
OS Grid Reference: NZ5128332653
OS Grid Coordinates: 451283, 532653
Latitude/Longitude: 54.6863, -1.2060
Location: Church Street, Hartlepool TS24 7DH
Locality: Hartlepool
Local Authority: Torbay
County: Durham
Country: England
Postcode: TS24 7DH
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Listing Text
HARTLEPOOL CHURCH STREET
NZ 5132
(south side)
11/52 Nos. 17, 18 and 19
(The Athenaeum)
GV II
Literary and Mechanics' Institute, now a private club on first floor and
shop units below. 1851 on plaque to right of doorway, by R.H. Robson (Land
Agent to West Hartlepool Dock Co.). Limestone ashlar with sandstone
dressings; hipped mid C20 concrete tiled roof and 3 truncated stacks.
Plain classical style. 2 storeys and basement; occupying corner site.
Principal front to Church Street, of 5 bays defined by quasi Tuscan
pilasters : obscured on ground floor by late C19 to mid C20 shop fronts,
except for doorway to 4th bay having moulded round arch on engaged
quasi Tuscan columns, deeply recessed 6-panelled double doors, fanlight with
glazing bars, and panelled reveals. 2nd bay is narrower and blank, 5th is
wider having 2 windows. All windows are altered within original openings.
Frieze, modillion cornice and shallow parapet. Late C19 flat-roofed full
dormer above 5th bay. Left return (facing Lynn Street) of 8 symmetrical
bays in similar manner to front. Ground floor largely disused at time of
survey.
Listing NGR: NZ5128332653
Source: English Heritage
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