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Northumberland Road, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8SF

It's interval time at Newcastle City Hall (1928 by Nicholas & Dixon-Spain). This popular concert venue will soon fill up prior to the arrival onstage of the much-loved band Squeeze.

OK, so the picture is not perfect - it's a longish hand-held exposure on a wee pocket camera - but it records a significant event : Squeeze are back together and are rocking Newcastle City Hall. Bliss!

All together now : "I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham............"

Taken from the upper level of the NCP multi-storey car park in John Dobson Street Image A full frontal view of the building is here Image The Civic Centre Image can be seen behind. Notice the barrier that blocks vehicles from the junction of Northumberland Road with John Dobson Street, although all road markings have been left. Northumberland Road used to be a major through route from the east but is now blocked by the Central Motorway to the east and a pedestrianised Northumberland Street to the west. There are proposals for a grand public square here, outside the City Hall, but maybe the Council want to keep their options open.

View from the multi-storey car park on John Dobson Street of the City Baths and the City Hall at the corner of John Dobson Street and Northumberland Road.

By R.J. Johnson, 1882-83, in "Norman Shaw's Queen Anne style". The ogee-roofed front to College Street brings to mind a Jacobean gatehouse (but nothing else does). The block round the corner has a slightly different character but appears to be of the same date. Grade II listed. This is all Northumbria University territory. Behind is St James Image

A panoramic view (perspective-corrected) of the front elevation of The City Pool and City Hall. These were built by C. Nicholas and J.E. Dixon Spain in 1928 in a neo-Georgian design with a colonnaded entrance. The Pool is on the same site of older baths which had been designed by John Dobson Image in 1839, which proved unsuccessful. The Turkish bath in the current building is very much admired. Tyne and Wear HER (6248): Newcastle, Northumberland Road, City Baths http://www.twsitelines.info The City Hall, on the right hand side is a popular venue for music and comedy acts and has featured many famous musicians and pop groups. Tyne and Wear HER (6265): Newcastle, Northumberland Road, City Hall http://www.twsitelines.info An aerial view from John Dobson Street is here Image

A remarkably grand composition, resembling the form of a Palladian country house, giving a clue as to the status of such buildings at the time. This was built in 1928 to the designs of Nicholas & Dixon-Spain. Grade II listed. The building fulfilled its original function until 2013, but has since sadly closed and at the time of writing (2015) is up for sale.

Dame Allan's School was built in 1883 by R.J. Johnson, a local architect. High up on a gable wall, right-centre, is a niche containing a statue of Dame Eleanor Allan who founded schools in Newcastle in 1705. This building housed the schools until they moved to Fenham in the 1930s and now forms part of Northumbria University. Tyne and Wear HER (6247): Newcastle, College Street, Dame Allan's School (College House http://www.twsitelines.info Allan, Dame Eleanor (d. 1709) - Founder of independent schools for boys and girls on Philanthropy North-East website: http://www.philanthropynortheast.com/the-philanthropists/allan-dame-eleanor St James' Church can be seen to the right Image