Assembly Rooms, Fenkle Street, Newcastle
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Description
"A supremely elegant work of William Newton, 1774-76, consisting of a three-bay pedimented centrepiece (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4639850) and lower wings, all tied together by the rusticated ground floor and first-floor band. The entrance canopy belongs to Austin, Johnson & Hicks's 1882 alterations. Grade II* listed. Now a venue for hire. ============================================================================== Newton (1730-98) was one of a breed of skilled, provincial builder-architects who, during the C18th and C19th, created substantial parts of the built fabric of the country that we see today. He spent the whole of his life in Newcastle and established a large practice in the region, mostly building or remodelling country houses, but also designing a number of public buildings and housing in the city. Colvin's Dictionary of British Architects describes him as a "competent but conventional Georgian architect whose work is sometimes elegant, always pleasing, but never remarkable." ==============================================================================" Photo by Stephen Richards, 2012. -
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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/4639843
Resource type: Image
Added by: Peter Smith
Last modified: 7 years, 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2012-08-15 -
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