2009
NZ3671 : Life Brigade Watch House, Cullercoats
taken 15 years ago, near to Cullercoats, North Tyneside, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title Life Brigade Watch House, Cullercoats in this square
Life Brigade Watch House, Cullercoats
The Watch House NZ3671 : Fishermen's Institute was designed by Frank West Rich, who designed Turnbull's Warehouse and Bolbec Hall in Newcastle. A pre-existing clock tower was incorporated in the design. The Cullercoats Volunteer Life Brigade, the second to be formed after Tynemouth, was formed after 1864 and the Watch House constructed between 1877 and 1879. The duty of the Life Brigade was to assist the Coast Guard in their endeavours to save life from shipwreck.
The building is now the home of a community centre, the Watch House Club. It features in several paintings when the village was the base for a thriving artists' colony between 1870 and 1920. These include 'Watching the Tempest' by leading American artist Winslow Homer (1881) Link
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Tyne and Wear HER (5057): Cullercoats, Life Brigade Watch House Link
The building is now the home of a community centre, the Watch House Club. It features in several paintings when the village was the base for a thriving artists' colony between 1870 and 1920. These include 'Watching the Tempest' by leading American artist Winslow Homer (1881) Link
Link (Archive Link ) Tyne and Wear HER (5057): Cullercoats, Life Brigade Watch House Link
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- Grid Square
- NZ3671, 272 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 26 December, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 27 December, 2009
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NZ 3640 7140 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:2.1476N 1:25.9207W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NZ 3638 7138
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
