Description

NZ 2563 NW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE SANDHILL
(east side)
24/472 No. 18 (Phoenix House)
GV II
Offices, Circa 1869 by Parnell for Royal Insurance Company. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh
slate roof. Curved corner site. Basement and 4 storeys; 6 bays to Sandhill, 3 to
curved left corner, 5 to left return to Queen Street. Tuscan pilasters and enta-
blature to ground floor with corner door and overlight in Gothic attached columns
flanked by tall Tuscan columns; emblems of Phoenix Insurance Company in carved
overdoor panel. Giant Corinthian Order above contains windows in architraves, top
corners rounded on second floor, under entablature with prominent second-floor
cornice. Top floor has Palladian arcade under cornice; parapet to corner and end
bays with carved shaped panels; parapet and blocking course have acroteria.

Listing NGR: NZ2522363901

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275634

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)