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Alderman Fenwick's House
Number 98 Pilgrim Street is one of the oldest buildings in Newcastle, built c.1670. Originally built as a merchant's house, it later took its name from Alderman Fenwick, who was Mayor of Newcastle in 1720. Later it became a coaching inn called The Queen's Head, where Charles Dickens once stayed, and later still the building was used for the Liberal Club. The building underwent extensive restoration by the Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust in 1997, and is now offices. It is a rare surviving example, in central Newcastle, of an early merchant's house. The building is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England.
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Tyne and Wear HER(6972): Newcastle, Pilgrim Street, No. 98, Alderman Fenwick's House
- "Merchant's house, later The Queen's Head Inn and latterly Liberal Club. Now offices. Third quarter of seventeenth century, with eighteenth century alterations. English garden wall bond brick, renewed pantiled roof. …
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ALDERMAN FENWICK'S HOUSE - Newcastle - List Entry
- "House, later inn and latterly Liberal Club. Third quarter of C17 with C18 alterations. English garden wall bond brick with moulded brick strings; renewed pantiled roof. Basement and 4 storeys; …
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Tyne and Wear HER(6972): Newcastle, Pilgrim Street, No. 98, Alderman Fenwick's House
- "Merchant's house, later The Queen's Head Inn and latterly Liberal Club. Now offices. Third quarter of seventeenth century, with eighteenth century alterations. English garden wall bond brick, renewed pantiled roof. …
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Simon Cotterill
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
066565a:Alderman Fenwick's House Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Denness B. 1976
Pinned by Pat Thomson
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
066565b:Alderman Fenwick's House Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Denness B. 1976
Pinned by Pat Thomson
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066591:Mummified cat Alderman Fenwick's House Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Nolan John 1990
Pinned by Pat Thomson
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Pilgrim Street
- Overview Map Street View Pilgrim Street is one of the main roads in Newcastle city centre. It runs on from the south end of Northumberland Street down to the Swan …
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ALDERMAN FENWICK'S HOUSE - Newcastle - List Entry
- "House, later inn and latterly Liberal Club. Third quarter of C17 with C18 alterations. English garden wall bond brick with moulded brick strings; renewed pantiled roof. Basement and 4 storeys; …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
List number: 1024793
Tyne & Wear HER: 6972
Post code: NE1 6SQ
Borough: Newcastle
Grid ref: NZ2504364201