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Marks and Spencer

A Grade II Listed Building in South Shields, South Tyneside

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9981 / 54°59'53"N

Longitude: -1.436 / 1°26'9"W

OS Eastings: 436175

OS Northings: 567200

OS Grid: NZ361672

Mapcode National: GBR LBDN.W4

Mapcode Global: WHD4R.XMBR

Plus Code: 9C6WXHX7+6H

Entry Name: Marks and Spencer

Listing Date: 1 February 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1232150

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407485

Also known as: Theatre Royal

ID on this website: 101232150

Location: South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE33

County: South Tyneside

Electoral Ward/Division: Beacon and Bents

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: South Shields

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: South Shields St Hilda with St Thomas

Church of England Diocese: Durham

Tagged with: Theatre Department store

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Description


1.
5102 KING STREET
(north side)
Nos 84 and 86
(Messrs Marks and Spencer)
NZ 3667 SW 4/32

II GV

2.
1866. T M Clemence and J C Phipps. Joint Architects.
This was originally the "New Theatre" (Theatre Royal) whose design was chosen by
competition. Although the pedimented portico has been removed and a modern store
front inserted across the ground floor it is still a very elegant elevation in the
classical manner. The original ground floor contained 2 shops, one on either side
of the entrances. It ceased to be a theatre in the early 1930s.
Ashlar, now painted, 3 bays and 3 storeys.
Ground floor modern store front, with a modillion cornice. This cornice is original.
The upper elevation has a Corinthian pilaster under. Unfluted pilasters, paired at
the centre bay, stand on pedestals and rise through 2 storeys and support a full
entablature with plain frieze and modillion cornice. Above the cornice a deep
parapet with pedestals over the pilasters. First floor windows, modern glazing,
have architraves and pediments supported on scrolled brackets. Triangular to the
outer bays, segmental to the centre bay.
The 2 outer bays of the second floor are lit by oval windows whose architraves are
decorated by swags descending from masks of comedy and tragedy.
The centre bay has a framed, recessed, horizontal panel.


Listing NGR: NZ3616367195

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