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Cooper's Motor Mart Building, Westgate Road
James Cooper's original building was for horse and carriage sales and opened on October 16, 1897. It provided stabling close to Central Station for 150 horses (and 20 dogs!) As horse-drawn vehicles became replaced by motor cars it was later converted into a car sales room and garage in the mid 1920s. Later, it was a Hertz Rental office for many years, then lay empty and was converted into offices ('Cooper's Studios') in 2008. Many of the original features of the building: tethering rings for the horses, a ground-floor auction and parading area overlooked by a ladies’ gallery, and a horse ramp to the upper floors, were retained by the Newcastle based architects, Ryder HKS, under the watchful eye of English Heritage.
The full story and some interior photos are here http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/environment-news/2008/10/11/shaft-of-light-on-past-of-amazing-building-61634-22011186/
A more detailed description of the building and its history is here http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=494213&resourceID=5
Close by is
Image but now suffering some damage to the upper mosaic panels.
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 29 Nov 2010
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(The former) Cooper's Motor Mart, Westgate Road, NE1 (2)
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
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(The former) Cooper's Motor Mart, Westgate Road, NE1 (4)
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
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(The former) Cooper's Motor Mart, Westgate Road, NE1
The building is Grade II listed https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391451 . The text of the listing includes "James Cooper originally set up as a horse trader in 1878 at the Crown and Thistle Inn in Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne. The business had grown by 1896 requiring the construction of large purpose-built premises to hold the weekly auctions. The Westgate Road site was chosen and the architect was J Dawson of Gateshead; his initial plans dated March 1897 describe the new proposed building as a depot for 'horses, carriages, cycles and auto-cars'. After these were modified to provide extra stabling on the first floor, the new building was constructed and officially opened on the 16th October 1897. At this time there was accommodation on the ground floor for 150 horses and 20 dogs in addition to shops, offices, harness rooms and a caretaker's room with a lift to the top floor for carriages. The first floor contained a 'ladies gallery' furnished with more comfortable seats and the second floor was used mainly as a repository for carriages and a sales point for bicycles. The original plans indicate that this floor was also to be used for the storage of motor cars".
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 3 May 2016
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St Nicholas's Cathedral
Built on a sacred site - at the intersection of two grid lines! However I believe that the tower is in square NZ2463. This was the parish church until it became a Cathedral in 1882. The present building dates from the 14C and 15C, but there are fragments from a 12C church. The tower is unusual and distinctive; note the very tall windows towards the top, and then the four flying buttresses supporting the central lantern, topped by a small spire. The photo was taken in 1989.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: Unknown
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The Parish Church and Cathedral of St Nicholas, Newcastle
Image: © Bill Henderson
Taken: 13 Sep 2008
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St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle - Window
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 8 Aug 2008
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Upward Extension, St Nicholas' Building
A modern upward extension to a 19th Century building.
Image: © Mac McCarron
Taken: 1 Jul 2010
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(The former) Cooper's Motor Mart, Westgate Road, NE1 (5)
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
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Newcastle upon Tyne Old Post Office
the old post office built in the 1870s opposite the cathedral on St Nicholas Street
Image: © Steve M
Taken: 10 Jun 2007
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