| Architect |
L J Couver & Partners with Burnet Tait and Lorne |
| Date
Built |
1927 |
| Location |
Corner of
Pilgrim and Market Streets |
| Description |
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Carliol House
has been described as a "shallow crescent"
since it curves its way along Market Street
East from the corner with Pilgrim
Street. A prominent rounded turret
marks the corner and below the leaded roof
of the turret is a carved shield bearing the
initials CH and the date 1927, marking the
completion date of the building.  Carliol House is named after a prominent local family of merchants and politicians from the 13th and 14th Centuries. The building has a steel-framed structure faced with ashlar Portland stone and a number of art deco features inside and out. Today it is only partly occupied although apparently it has retained many of its original features including flooring, light fittings and air conditioning units. The original control room of the electrical company still survives. An article, written by Brian Nicholls. in a local Newcastle newspaper, the Journal, dated December 6, 2000, speculated on the building having a future as a department store. The article points out that when it was built the building had, "innovative heating and cleaning systems. Sixty tons of electrically heated water were circulated through coiled pipes in the ceiling to heat it, and it was the first building to include an integral vacuum-cleaning system enabling the cleaning machines to be plugged straight into the wall. ... Originally it was the headquarters of Nesco, the region's first private-sector electrical company, which was a pioneer nationally and internationally in power supply. With nationalisation in 1948, Carliol House became the home of North Eastern Electricity Board, subsequently evolving into Northeastern Electricity and Gas." |
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Carliol
House, Pilgrim Street & Market Street,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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