Newcastle, Hanover Street, Bonded Warehouses

HER Number:
5168

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Hanover Street, Bonded Warehouses

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Warehouse

Site Type: Specific:
Bonded Warehouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A splendid range of early 19th century bonded warehouses built in the 1840s for Amos Spoor. Flemish bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; felt covered roof with stone gable copings. 7 storeys. Round-headed openings with projecting stone sills. South elevation to The Close has tall wide rusticated sandstone arched entrances. Hanover Street and Hanover Stairs which bisect the warehouses, were also built at this time. A fire in 1997 irreparably damaged the western warehouse and so these were demolished. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2481

Northing:
6358

Grid Reference:
NZ24816358

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5168 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 30 Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 23/304 Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, The Bonded Warehouses, Hanover Street and The Close, Archaeological Assessment; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 25, 76-77; City Guides Information