Description

NZ 2464 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MOSLEY STREET
(north side)
20/390 No. 31 (Scottish
17.12.71 Provident House)
G.V. II
Offices. 1906 by S. D. Robbins of Newcastle for Scottish Provident Institution.
Portland stone with grey granite plinth and doorcases; roof not visible. 4
storeys and basement at right; 10 bays and one curved corner bay at left; 3-bay
return to Cloth Market. Granite Tuscan porch on corner with recessed double door
in keyed surround; 2 steps to similar door in pedimented doorcase in eighth bay.
Rusticated lower floors to dentilled first-floor cornice; Giant Corinthian Order
above. Balustrades to second-floor windows in Ionic frames with pulvinated
friezes and tall keystones; architraves to third floor. All windows sashes. Low
relief SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION on top entablature. Roof balustrade; tall
corniced ashlar chimneys. Tall wrought-iron gates to corner door and iron ground
floor window guards. Historical note: said to have been the first 'gridiron'
construction in Newcastle.

Listing NGR: NZ2496664070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275697

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