The Song School And Choir Vestry is a Grade I listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Library, vestry.
The Song School And Choir Vestry
- WRENN ID
- mired-porch-summer
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Library, vestry
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 2564 SW and NZ 2563 NW NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE ST NICHOLAS' CHURCHYARD 21/621 & 24/621 The Song School and Choir Vestry GV I
NZ 2564 SW and NZ 2563 NW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCHYARD (centre) 21/621 and 24/621 Thomlinson Library GV I Library and vestry attached to Cathedral of St. Nicholas (q.v.), St. Nicholas' Street, 1736, perhaps by Daniel Garrett. Sandstone ashlar. Palladian style. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Rusticated ground floor has steps up to part-glazed 6-panelled door at right in architrave with large key and flanking voussoirs: similar surrounds to ground-floor sash windows with glazing bars, broad in that at right. First floor band; Giant Ionic Order above defines bays containing sashes with glazing bars in lugged surrounds, those on first floor with alternate pediments. Blocking course above entablature. Plain iron railings and handrails on steps. Historical note: built at the expense of Walter Blackett to contain the library bequeathed to the church by Dr. Thomlinson. Sources: Mackenzie History of Newcastle pp.490-496; Laing Art Gallery The Tyneside Classical Tradition (1980) p.6.
Listing NGR: NZ2501764002
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