Old Customs House is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Office, former sailors' home.
Old Customs House
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-column-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Office, former sailors' home
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 November 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
NZ 36 NE 8/44
TYNEMOUTH North Shields BOROUGH ROAD (west side) No 65 (Old Customs House)
(Formerly listed as No. 68)
G.V. II
Sailors' Home, was offices. 1856 for 4th Duke of Northumberland. Basement and two storeys, five bays. Ashlar basement with plinth; snecked sandstone upper floors; low-pitched Welsh slate roof. Tall voussoirs to surround of double door with fanlight in sixth bay; moulded sills to first floor windows with architraves, friezes and pediments; projecting sills to second floor, all sashes with glazing bars. One pedimented window on ground floor in left return. Moulded plinth, higher at left on slope, supports giant end pilasters. Eaves gutter cornice and blocking course.
Listing NGR: NZ3558867923
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