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Latitude: 54.9752 / 54°58'30"N
Longitude: -1.6177 / 1°37'3"W
OS Eastings: 424568
OS Northings: 564573
OS Grid: NZ245645
Mapcode National: GBR SNN.XN
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.36YS
Entry Name: Leazes Arcade
Listing Date: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087064
English Heritage Legacy ID: 304681
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 St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
NZ 2464 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE LEAZES PARK ROAD
(east side)
16/360 No. 12 (Leazes Arcade)
G.V. II
Synagogue, now shopping arcade. 1880 by John Johnstone. Sandstone ashlar with
rock-faced plinth; Welsh slate roof. North Italian style. Basement and 2 storeys;
1:3:1 bays, the central 3 under gable. Outer entrance bays have end pilasters;
double doors, and fanlights with circle glazing bars, between pink granite shafts
under moulded round arches; 5 arcaded windows on upper floor. Pilasters flank
central 3 bays; intersecting segmental arcade contains 2 side and 4 centre ground-
floor windows; upper windows paired under round arches with Star of David carved
in tympana. Sloped Lombard frieze up gable. 8-foil blind window in gable peak
with acroterion. Blocks above pilasters have high, curved pyramidal finials with
fishscale pattern. Interior galleries.
Listing NGR: NZ2456864573
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