Andrews House Magnet House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1992. Offices, shops. 10 related planning applications.
Andrews House Magnet House
- WRENN ID
- heavy-frieze-reed
- 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
- 8 May 1992
- Type
- Offices, shops
- Address
- Andrews House Magnet House, Gallowgate, NE1 4SN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 245 644
- Coordinates
- 54.97425, -1.618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magnet House, also known as Andrews House, is a six-storey office and shop building located in Newcastle upon Tyne, constructed around 1930 for the General Electric Company. It features a steel frame that is clad with brick and Portland stone ashlar, showcasing a modern architectural style with a slightly curved facade and a total of 21 windows.
The ground floor is clad in ashlar and includes a central vehicular access point with a pair of original steel gates inscribed with "M.H." and "A.H." On either side of the entrance are doors leading to upper floor offices, each with double panel doors and name plates above that read "Magnet House" and "Andrews House," along with overlights, one of which has a built-in lantern. Above each doorway, there is a projecting canopy supported by sloping brackets. Flanking the entrances are two shops, with the right shop retaining its original fascia board and the coffee lounge keeping its original front. Further to the left is an additional doorway.
The first floor is also clad in ashlar and features five central windows within a single opening, separated by unusual fluted mullions, and eight slightly taller metal-framed windows on either side. The second and third floors are clad in brick, topped with an ashlar cornice. The windows on these floors are vertically linked with panels in between, and the central three windows have a single ashlar fluted surround. Between these windows are three Art Deco style relief panels depicting painted symbolic figures. On either side, there are nine windows, with those at the ends being slightly narrower, alternating between Art Deco relief panels and moulded ashlar panels.
The fourth floor has three central windows in a single opening with fluted mullions between, and nine metal-framed windows on either side, again with the end windows being slightly narrower. The fifth floor is clad in ashlar and set back behind an ashlar parapet, featuring central windows flanked by nine wider metal-framed windows on either side.
Local climate
Andrews House Magnet 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 — 2 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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