Phoenix House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Office. 6 related planning applications.
Phoenix House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-stone-curlew
- 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
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Phoenix House, 2 and 4, Queen Street, NE1 3UG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 252 639
- Coordinates
- 54.9691, -1.60755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Phoenix House is a circa 1869 office building designed by Parnell for the Royal Insurance Company. Constructed of sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, it occupies a curved corner site. The building has a basement and four storeys, presenting six bays to Sandhill, three bays to the curved corner, and five bays to the left return on Queen Street. The ground floor features Tuscan pilasters and an entablature, with a corner entrance framed by Gothic attached columns flanked by tall Tuscan columns. A carved panel above the door displays the emblems of the Phoenix Insurance Company. A Giant Corinthian Order extends above the ground floor, incorporating windows within architraves; the top corners of the second floor are rounded, and a prominent cornice runs along the upper facade. The top floor is characterized by a Palladian arcade beneath the cornice. Parapets with carved shaped panels and acroteria are present on the corner and end bays, while a parapet and blocking course complete the roofline.
Local climate
Phoenix House 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.
- Sale history — 25 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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