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Ballards Smoke House, Fish Quay


Ballards Smoke House is located in the Fish Quay area of North Shields. At first glance it looks like a modern building with its distinctive contemporary glass design. However, the building was originally a mid 19th century military barracks at the north-east corner of Clifford's Fort. In the 1920's the building was substantially modified for use as a smoke house. The building still incorporates two mid 19th century military fort boundary stones. In late 2011, plans were approved for Brightblue Studio to renovate and modify the building for use as an architecture and art studio, with a gallery and glass workshops. The former Ballards Smoke House is a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England.

"...Brightblue Studio are going to create a multi-use, multi-layered, flexible building as part of the Fish Quay regeneration. It will house a glass sculpture gallery and workshop, an associated art cafe, an architecture studio and an apartment with integrated planting and spaces that can be opened to the outside. It will be an Activhaus building, acting as an exemplar of Brightblue Studio's work – the design emphasis being on integrated glass, underpinned by sustainable practice. The proposal is to re-build Ballard's Smoke House to the form it held through much of the twentieth century, using materials common to the smoke houses in a contemporary manner, though with a lower roof height and less volume, making it more sympathetic to the fabric of the Fish Quay today. The east and south elevations, visible primarily to ferry passengers, will open up, responding to the scale of the sea and also playing an important part in the building's environmental strategy, allowing the interior to benefit from natural light and solar gain...." (Source RIBA)

Clifford's Fort Historic Buildings and Monuments in North Tyneside
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BALLARD'S SMOKE HOUSE CLIFFORD'S FORT AND BOUNDARY STONES ATTACHED - List Entry
- "Smoke house, formerly barracks building; 2 military fort boundary stones. Circa 1920 smoke house built on mid C19 military building; mid C19 boundary stones......"
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Ballards Smoke House
- "...Ballard's Smoke House has marked the north-east corner of Clifford's Fort since 1707. In 2007 Brightblue Studio moved in and have recently been granted planning permission to redevelop the building. …
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List number: 1299778
List grade: 2
Borough: North Tyneside
Grid ref: NZ3635568574

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