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Latitude: 54.9961 / 54°59'45"N
Longitude: -1.5621 / 1°33'43"W
OS Eastings: 428110
OS Northings: 566918
OS Grid: NZ281669
Mapcode National: GBR SXP.JH
Mapcode Global: WHC3K.ZP99
Plus Code: 9C6WXCWQ+C4
Entry Name: Wills' Tobacco Factory
Listing Date: 17 November 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1115718
English Heritage Legacy ID: 304507
ID on this website: 101115718
Location: Bigges Main, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward/Division: Dene
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Newcastle St Gabriel
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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NZ 26 NE COAST ROAD
(north side)
9/809 Wills' Tobacco Factory
17/11/86
II
Factory. Mid 1940s to an earlier design. Red brick and Portland stone; roof flat
and hidden by parapets. Dignified Art Deco style.
Main south front 3 storeys, 23 bays in all. Projecting 3-bay centre, 2-bay each end
and 8-bay intermediate sections. Central balustraded perron from which a wide flight
of steps rises to terrace in front of door. At either side quadrant retaining walls
hold shrubberies. All these are ashlar with banded copings; panelled piers to
perron. Central glazed (double) door in a fully-glazed section framed by stout
round piers which support a banded flat hood with quadrant angles. Side lights
outside the piers; the whole entrance in a porch, with fluted top band and quadrant
corners, projecting from the tall central tower which has a fluted frieze and a top
slipped back in 3 stages, the middle one fluted the lower one with WDE H O WILLS in
sans-serif letters. Centre section of tower recessed, with tall, 4-light,
horizontal paned window under egg-and-dart carved lintel with acanthus keystone.
Above this a clock, stopped at noon. Ashlar tower and porch flanked by lower
brick staircase towers with long two-light similar window and matching top treatment
though with only one step back. Penultimate bays are lower, blank ashlar towers
which hae shallow tall recessed panels with bands of fluting at heads. Intermediate
sections have 3 tiers of 4-light metal-framed windows, held by ashlar piers set back
in 2 places at sides, those on ground floor higher. Above, between and below the
bands of windows are bands of uninterrupted brickwork with stone edging strips.
Set-back outer bays are similar but with 2-light windows. 17-bay returns are
exactly similar but without a central section; and the outer towers have doors
under flat hoods and long stair windows above. Attached to the brickwork in places
are names of products, which can be lit up at night: probably later in date.
Half-glazed porch addition on left return is not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ2811066918
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