Half Moon Chambers, Bigg Market, NE1
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Description
"There has been a "Half Moon" building on this site since 1550. The current one is by Simpson, Lawson and Rayne, the architects responsible for Emerson Chambers in Blackett Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=55736808 . It's in Art Nouveau style, and was built in 1902-05 for Arrol's of Alloa (Brewers). There are witches' hat dormers [[4497717]], a decorative central gable [[4497723]], carved columns and pilasters, stone sills and window heads, iron balconies decorated with half moon symbols [[4497721]], and an original ground floor (excpt for the right hand shop front). The building is Grade II listed http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1024961 . The location of this building is shown in [[2368376]]. The Buildings of Grainger Town - No.115. See [[4406042]]." Photo by Mike Quinn, 2013. -
Owner
Mike Quinn -
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Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4474797
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 7 years, 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2013-05-02 -
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