Tyne and Wear HER(9091): Newcastle, Castle Garth, Bridge Hotel - Details
9091
Newcastle
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Bridge Hotel
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Commercial
Licensed Premises
Public House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Public House. Circa 1899 by Cackett, Burns Dick for J. Fitzgerald. Ashlar
ground floor, second floor and turret; Flemish bond brick first floor;
graduated slate roof. Art Nouveau style.3 storeys; 3 bays, the central wide
and the outer projecting slightly, with turret on right bay. High plinth and
Tuscan Order attached columns to ground floor, with double doors in architraves
in end bays under segmental pediments with carved tympan; Curved windows beside
doors and 2 shallow curved bow windows in centre, with pictorial stained glass
overlights to doors and windows. High fascia with central bracket to cornice
bowed out under wide 1st floor curved oriel; paired sashes above. Left projecting
bay has keyed flat brickarch to first floor sash; and paired sashes
in arched surround; attached central columns to all paired sashes. Right project-
ing bay has similar first-floor sash under 2 slits; prominent cornice with project-
ing diagonal spouts; high ramped parapet with cartouches supports squat pilasters;
wide bracketed eaves to lantern. Deep dentilled eaves over central bay. High
pyramidal roof over left bay and diagonally over lantern. End brick and ashlar
chimney. Interior shows high-quality mahogany chimney piece and fittings. LISTED GRADE 2
2505
6382
NZ25056382
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/148; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 76; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22 and 117; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 40