| Architect |
Cackett, Burns
Dick & Mackellar |
| Date
Built |
c 1930 |
| Location |
Gallowgate |
| Description |
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| The Magnet
Court Building on Gallowgate is a student
residence building. However, the art
deco relief panels on its façade suggest a
different history, and indeed this building,
previously called Magnet House and Andrew's
House, was built for the General Electric
Company in the 1930s. The six-storey,
21 bay building has a central gateway for
vehicles beside which are two entrances with
overlights. These entrances used to
bear the initials MH and AH. It
appears that a modern storey has been added
to the building. Retail units occupy
the street level and the central 6 windows
above the vehicle entrance have a fluted
ashlar surround. A prominent feature of the facade is the Art Deco style terracotta relief panels, by Halliday and Agate, featuring styalised human figures symbolic of power generation. These are similar to ones found in the interior of Battersea Power Station In the intervening years between General Electric moving out and the student residence moving in, the building was home to the Thomas N Miller's auction house and showroom. |
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Magnet
Court - former Andrew's House, Gallowgate,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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