Newcastle, Carliol Square, Telephone House

HER Number:
12909

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Carliol Square, Telephone House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Communications

Site Type: Broad:
Telecommunication Building

Site Type: Specific:
Telephone Exchange

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Newcastle Telephone Exchange. Now a big brick office block occupying most of the eastern half of Carliol Square. Five storeys and a mansard attic, and a semi basement. The flat face has 15 bays, with big decorative doorcases at the second, middle and 14th bays. These are of rusticated sandstone and rise through three storeys. First shown on OS 4th edition of 1940.

Easting:
2521

Northing:
6433

Grid Reference:
NZ25216433

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services University of Durham, August 2006, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological desk-based assessment and photographic record, part 2: gazeteer, pages 173-174; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Phase II, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; Heritage Architecture Ltd. 2006, Historical Assessment of East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle