Ward's Building is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1990. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.
Ward's Building
- WRENN ID
- ancient-kitchen-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1990
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Ward's Building, 31, 33, 35 and 37, High Bridge, NE1 1EW
- OS grid reference
- NZ 248 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97185, -1.61282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ward's Building is a Grade II listed structure located on the west side of High Bridge, comprising Nos. 31, 33, 35, and 37. Built in 1903, it was designed by Cackett, Burns Dick for Wards the printers. The building features red brick with ashlar detailing and has a slate Mansard roof with various brick stacks. It stands four storeys tall, plus attics, and has a four-bay façade.
The entrance includes an off-centre doorway with double panel doors and an elaborate stone surround, complete with a segmental pediment supported by exaggerated scroll brackets. To the left, there is a single shop front with a recessed central doorway, while to the right is a small shop front and a rendered front with an additional doorway. Above the shop fronts, there are four canted ashlar bay windows over three storeys, featuring sash windows. The two central bays have bracketed eaves and small dormer windows, while the outer bays are topped with curved gables, each containing a pair of sashes beneath a single pediment.
Local climate
Ward's Building 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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