No.50 (Former Subscription News Room)

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE SADDLER STREET NZ 2742 SW (West side)

14/398 No. 50 (former subscription news rooms) 19.10.62 GV II

Includes No. 1 Owengate. Subscription news rooms, now shop and offices. 1820. Sandstone ashlar; felt-covered roof with brick chimney. Basement, 2 storeys and 4 bays; plus left curved corner to Owengate. Owengate corner and one bay have no basement. Long front to Saddler Street has channelled rusticated basement, the rustication continuing as high plinth on left return. Corner bay has 2 round steps and 3 internal steps up to 6-panelled door and overlight in Tuscan doorcase, SUBSCRIPTION NEWS ROOM painted above overlight. Segmental- headed yard entrance to right has plain stone surround. Small early C19 shop in third bay has half-glazed door at right and 2 narrow windows at left under small cornice. Sashes with glazing bars in 2 left basement bays and on upper floors. Ground floor sill band; first floor windows have recessed apron panels; first floor band. Wide coved eaves gutter cornices. Roof rounded over corner; ridge chimney. Left return has 3 rounded steps to part-glazed 6-panelled door in Tuscan doorcase.

Cast iron area railings, with pine-cone and acanthus-leaf finials to gate-posts, on Owengate front and in first bay of main front, curve to form handrails up sides of corner steps. Renewed gate has spiked dog-bars.

Listing NGR: NZ2745642362