Grand Parade, Grand Hotel

HER Number

7342

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Grand Parade, Grand Hotel

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Hotel

Site Type: Specific

Hotel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Hotel. 1872 by Thomas Moore of Sunderland (architect of Monkwearmouth Station and Corby Hall in Sunderland). Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. French and Italian design elements. Three storeys, attic and basement. Central door. Sash windows, either segmental or round-headed. Mansard roof with five dormers. Modern raised central attic. Included partly for townscape value in its prominent position on the sea front. Original plan does not show Mansard roof and dormer windows. Deposited plans July 1872. Built as seaside house for Duchess of Northumberland. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

3697

Northing

6988

Grid Reference

NZ36976988

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/79