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Latitude: 54.9691 / 54°58'8"N
Longitude: -1.6075 / 1°36'27"W
OS Eastings: 425223
OS Northings: 563901
OS Grid: NZ252639
Mapcode National: GBR SQ4.5H
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.8CRG
Entry Name: Phoenix House
Listing Date: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1024777
English Heritage Legacy ID: 304844
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Newcastle Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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