Newcastle, Quayside, CWS Warehouse (Malmaison Hotel)

HER Number:
5166

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Quayside, CWS Warehouse (Malmaison Hotel)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Warehouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19-C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This is probably the oldest surviving large scale ferro concrete building in the country. It was constructed between 1897 and 1900 by T.G. Guerrite of L.G. Mouchel's firm for the Co-operative Wholesale Society (F.E.L. Harris of CWS, architect) using the Hennebique concrete system. The building was built on a ferro-concrete raft in places up to 6 foot thick due to the marshy silt ground conditions. The ferro-concrete raft achieved the uniform speading of the load and was calculated to resist the reaction of the ground at the rate of 2.5 tons per square foot. All the external and internal columns, floors, walls and roof were also constructed in ferro-concrete. The building had eight floors. A further storey with a barrel vault roof was added in 1901. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
256

Northing:
641

Grid Reference:
NZ256641

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5166 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 12/466 I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 29 L.G. Mouchal & Partners Ltd, 1921, Hennebique Ferro-Concrete; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 23 and 135