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Akenside House was built as offices in 1902 and is home to the Akenside Traders public house on the ground floor NZ2563 : Akenside Traders.
Tyne and Wear HER (9136): Newcastle, Akenside Hill, No. 5 (Akenside House) Link

The narrow building directly to its right is also listed, former offices c1880.
Tyne and Wear HER (8892): Newcastle, Akenside Hill, No. 3 Link

Cale Cross House NZ2563 : Cale Cross House can be seen behind the roof dome of Akenside House and the Tyne Bridge crosses high on its stilts to the right by NZ2563 : 'Fever', the pub under the Tyne Bridge.

Akenside House is named after Mark Akenside (1721-1770) Link the son of a local butcher who became a physician, classicist, and poet Link

He is best known for 'The Pleasures of Imagination' (1744), a three volume epic of blank verse, now almost unreadable, and said to have been inspired by a visit to Morpeth in 1738.
Tyne and Wear HER (6683): Newcastle, Akenside Hill, birthplace of Akenside the poet Link
Tyne and Wear HER (6575): Newcastle, Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank) Link