Description

NZ 2563 NW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE QUAYSIDE
24/462 No. 39 (Customs House)
17.12.71
G.V. II*
Customs House. 1766; refronted 1833 by Sidney Smirke. Sandstone ashlar with plinth;
brick left return and rear; rendered right return. Welsh slate roof with stone
gable copings; brick chimneys. 3 storeys, 5 windows. 2 steps to central double
2-panelled doors and 2-pane overlight in Tuscan porch with blocking course and royal
arms of period 1801-37. Rusticated ground floor has 4 keyed arches, that at left
on yard entry, others containing round-headed sashes with projecting stone sills in
recessed panels. Sill panels to first floor sashes in pedimented Tuscan cases on
first floor band; smaller second-floor sashes in architraves with projecting stone
sills. Glazing bars of late C19 type. First floor band;fluted frieze and dentilled
gutter cornice; coped parapet with pilasters. O.S. bench mark on doorcase.

Listing NGR: NZ2540063913

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Customs House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q54817788

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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