Worswick Chambers

Worswick Chambers, located at Nos 85-91 on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a commercial building that includes shops and offices. It was constructed in 1891 and 1898, with minor alterations in the 20th century, and was designed by W Lister Newcombe of Newcastle. The building is made of red brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with tall brick chimney stacks. It stands three storeys high and has a facade on Worswick Street with 17 windows.

The ground floor features a central doorway with double panel doors and a monumental stone surround, which includes doubled brackets and a gabled top over a round arch with a carved tympanum and a lintel inscribed with "WORSWICK CHAMBERS." On either side of the doorway are various shops, some of which retain their original pilasters and plain fascia boards. The upper floors are adorned with giant brick Doric pilasters that have stone bases and capitals, topped with a deep entablature decorated with elaborate carved paired brackets. The first floor has 17 large plain sash windows set back in ashlar surrounds, each above continuous linked and moulded lintels featuring a carved portrait head under a gothic gable. The second floor has 17 smaller plain sash windows in ashlar surrounds with Caernarvon arched lintels. A projecting cornice is topped with a stone parapet, and a central tower features a single oval window with a moulded ashlar surround and a steep pyramidal hipped roof.

The facade on Pilgrim Street has 8 windows and is identical in style, topped with a central dormer featuring two windows and a single pediment. Inside, there is a stone staircase with an elaborate iron balustrade and a wooden handrail. The building was part of the "new cut" of Worswick Street, which was laid out around 1870, and was constructed in two stages: the first section along Pilgrim Street and the initial part of Worswick Street was built from 1891, while the second section further along Worswick Street and the tower was completed in 1898.