Tyne and Wear HER(8798): Newcastle, Market Street East, Plummer House - Details
8798
Newcastle
Newcastle, Market Street East, Plummer House
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Recreational
Assembly Rooms
Modern
C20
Extant Building
The listed building description was found to have wrongly named Newcombe and Newcombe as the architects. An historic buildings recording by URS in 2013 suggests the building was designed by Charles Septimus Errington. The main phase of construction dates to 1909 which opened as Tilley's Tearooms. The tearooms was actually a large recreational building containing ballrooms. However, by 1921 the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company had moved into the premises and began alterations - including the removal of first floor shops and small ballroom. In 1936 the building was extended. Plummer House was converted into offices in the 1960s. The main faƧade remains prominent in the streetscape and represents a good example of early 20th century classical detailing. LISTED GRADE 2
2515
6442
NZ25156442
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 21/379; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 189; URS, 2013, Plummer House, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Buildings Recording; Building Control Plans 1909-1936 TWAS T186/23145; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; ASUD, 2015, Plummer House, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological monitoring