Cooper's Motor Mart Building, Westgate Road
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Description
"James Cooper's original building was for horse and carriage sales and opened on October 16, 1897. It provided stabling close to Central Station for 150 horses (and 20 dogs!) As horse-drawn vehicles became replaced by motor cars it was later converted into a car sales room and garage in the mid 1920s. Later, it was a Hertz Rental office for many years, then lay empty and was converted into offices ('Cooper's Studios') in 2008. Many of the original features of the building: tethering rings for the horses, a ground-floor auction and parading area overlooked by a ladies’ gallery, and a horse ramp to the upper floors, were retained by the Newcastle based architects, Ryder HKS, under the watchful eye of English Heritage. The full story and some interior photos are here http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/environment-news/2008/10/11/shaft-of-light-on-past-of-amazing-building-61634-22011186/ A more detailed description of the building and its history is here http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=494213&resourceID=5 Close by is [[1769259]] but now suffering some damage to the upper mosaic panels." Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2010. -
Owner
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Source
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2180200
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 1 year, 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2010-11-29 -
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