Cooperative Wholesale Society Warehouse is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Warehouse.
Cooperative Wholesale Society Warehouse
- WRENN ID
- distant-casement-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Cooperative Wholesale Society Warehouse, Quayside
- OS grid reference
- NZ 256 640
- Coordinates
- 54.97071, -1.60034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cooperative Wholesale Society Warehouse, built in 1891 and 1900, is located on the Quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne. Designed by T.G. Gueritte of L.G. Mouchel's firm and F.E.L. Harris of C.W.S. Architects, this six-storey building is constructed of reinforced concrete, with an exterior that mimics the appearance of Portland stone. It features a raft foundation to address the marshy site conditions. The design showcases an austere classical style, with a three-bay Giant Order of plain pilasters extending through five storeys, which support a heavily bracketed cornice. The structure rests on a podium with three arches and a cornice. Each bay contains a pair of square windows, with each window divided into nine large pairs, and six pairs on the top floor. Inside, the warehouse has slab floors and beamwork supported by square columns with diagonal spandrels. The top storey has been modified, featuring a barrel vault across the centre with metal strip windows along its base.
Local climate
Cooperative Wholesale Society Warehouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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