South Shields, Middle Docks, Office

HER Number:
17770

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Middle Docks, Office

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Maritime Office

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Middle Docks Office at Hill Street was recorded via a level 3 historic building survey prior to the demolition and redevelopment of the site. The four-storey offices were of Hennebique Principle concrete construction. The building is rectangular in plan with a rounded corner at the north east extent of the building. There were six windows and a central doorway on the Hill Street elevation. Above the doorway there was a painted cast of the company crest. The southern elevation was rendered and marked with an ashlar pattern and painted white/cream. It was constructed in c.1907, at the time of the construction of No. 3 Dock, and was used from 1909. The building was then subsequently modified, and dormer windows were added to the roof extension. In the 1950s Hill Street was widened and front steps were added at the entrance of the building and car parking. Due to the closure of the docks in the late 1980s the building was left disused.

Easting:
3572

Northing:
6650

Grid Reference:
NZ35726650

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services, 2019. Historic Building Recording of Middle Docks Offices, Hill Street, South Shields, report 2019/80