Tyne and Wear HER(8113): South Shields, Fowler Street, Nos. 117-121, Victoria Hall - Details
8113
S Tyneside
South Shields, Fowler Street, Nos. 117-121, Victoria Hall
South Shields
NZ36NE
Civil
Meeting Hall
Public Hall
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Public hall, offices and shops. 1896 with C20 alterations. Red brick
with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs. Renaissance Revival style. 2
storey plus attics. Main street front has central doorway with
segmental pediment flanked by shop fronts, that to left replaced late
C20. That to right survives intact with Ionic pilasters, and
dentilated entablature. Above to the right an octagonal, 2 storey
tower topped with a dome, the lower floor has pairs of tall plain
sashes in moulded ashlar surrounds to each face, and above single
round headed plain sashes with ornate moulded surrounds to each face,
the keystones rise to individual pediments over each face. To the
left a pair of plain sashes in moulded surround with round headed
shell panel above. To the left again 4 tall round headed windows, the
centre 2 wider, with tall brick pilasters between. Above a single
central semi-circular window with tracery in a raised gable with
broken pediment and raised small pediment with corner finials.
Interior: On the first floor a public hall with fine plaster-work
decoration. Panel plaster ceiling with central rose vent, and
flanking diamond vent with circular rose. Walls are articulated with
tall Ionic pilasters standing on bases with ornate plaster frieze,
with between round arched panels and windows with ornate plaster
surrounds. Apsidal end, has shallow half dome with ornate
plasterwork, and flanking doorcases with ornate pedimented surrounds. LISTED GRADE 2
3657
6696
NZ36576696
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1003/8/10000; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project