Tyne and Wear HER(8316): Gateshead, West Street, Town Hall and Police Station - Details
8316
Gateshead
Gateshead, West Street, Town Hall and Police Station
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Civil
Meeting Hall
Town Hall
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
1868-70 by John Johnstone. Ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Substantial composition in
neo-Romanesque style with errant details. Two storeys, two, three and two bays.
Central block taller and projecting, with bays framed in pilasters supporting heavy
entablature with ornamental frieze and modillion cornice. Balustraded balcony over
has corner pedestals with urns (some missing) central segmental pediment with
allegorical figures and plinth with larger figure above. Side sections have lower,
hip ended roofs and simpler entablatures also resting on pilasters. Paired round
arched first floor windows, those in centre in round arched recesses with oculi in
heads. Ground floor paired segmental headed windows, banded pilasters and
rusticated plinth. LISTED GRADE 2
2548
6339
NZ25486339
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/118; S. Taylor and D. Lovie, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, pp 13-17; Gateshead Council Local List; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 72-3; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20