Phoenix House, Queen Street, Newcastle

  • Description

    "Part of the rebuilding of the area after a fire in 1854. Outline plan by John Dobson, the buildings by William Parnell. Phoenix House is a handsome and much becolumned curved building, built in 1863 for the Royal Insurance Company, whose arms survive above the main entrance (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4594309). Grade II listed. Now flats, with an Indian restaurant occupying the ground floor, and dramatically loomed over by the New Tyne Bridge (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4637271)." Photo by Stephen Richards, 2012.
  • Owner

    Stephen Richards
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4594307
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Pat Thomson
    Last modified: 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
    Viewed: 6 times
    Picture Taken: 2012-08-13
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