NZ2563 : Newcastle Quayside panorama
taken 15 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

The Tyne Bridge casts a dark shadow in the low autumn sun across William Parnell's Exchange Buildings (1861-20) between Lombard Street and King Street (left). The wide streets here were laid out after the great fire in 1854 to a design by John Dobson. It is now a hotel.
The narrow building east of King Street is R.J. Johnson's 1875 offices built for the Tyne Steam Shipping Company which front onto King Street NZ2563 : Doorway, 25, King Street.
It is separated from the rest of the block by the narrow Plummers Chare NZ2563 : Plummer Chare, Quayside. The open arch in the Mercantile Buildings (1883 by J.C.Parsons) is Fenwick's Entry which connects to Broad Garth on the line of another of the old alleyways, Kirk Chare NZ2563 : Broad Garth. It provides access to the modern low-rise developments of Blue Anchor Court and Peppercorn Courts which lie behind NZ2563 : Peppercorn & Blue Anchor Courts, Broad Garth, reflecting more old names of the destroyed chares.
The narrow building to its right is Broad Garth House (1869 by John Wardle Jun.)
Next again, is the modern Three Indian Kings House built in 1987 with striking red, full-length projecting windows. It takes the name from a public house, The Three Indian Kings Hotel, which used to be east of the Custom House, at the far end of a chare of the same name, just south of Trinity House.
The Custom House is almost central NZ2563 : The Customs House, Newcastle Quayside, west of the derelict site. The open archway on its left side is an entrance to Custom House Yard behind. Trinity Chare runs along its right side NZ2563 : Trinity House almshouses, Trinity Chare and formerly provided access to the buildings of Trinity House visible in the gap NZ2563 : Trinity House Low Yard from Trinity Chare
Next to the empty site is a plain brick-built house of c1800 and the more ornate Coronation Building of 1902, a former shipping office.
On the right hand side of the photo, Baltic Chambers NZ2563 : Baltic Chambers, Quayside is flanked by Rewcastle Chare NZ2563 : Rewcastle Chare, Quayside, with Broad Chare opening up before the Law Courts NZ2563 : The Law Courts, Newcastle Quayside.
There is a comparison photo from 1970 here Link
Chares is a Geordie word used for the narrow alley-ways in Newcastle. There used to be about 20 chares which led back from the Quayside in the medieval town (Dark Chare, Grindon Chare, Blue Anchor Chare, Peppercorn Chare, Palester Chare, Colvin's Chare, Hornsby Chare, Plumber Chare, Fenwick's Chare, Dark Chare, Broad Garth, Peacock Chare, Trinity Chare, Rewcastle Chare, Broad Chare, Spicer Lane, Burn Bank, Byker Chare, Cock's Chare and Love Lane).
The name was also applied to narrow lanes in different parts of the city and other parts of Northumberland Link
On the Quayside, they are thought to have arisen from wooden piers built out into the river, between which rubbish was dumped and houses built on the reclaimed land.
The buildings alongside the chares were crowded and unpleasant. Many were destroyed in the great fire of 1854 NZ2563 : Hillgate explosion, vividly illustrated in 'View from the High Level Bridge' by M. & M. W. Lambert (1854) Link
Broad Chare was so called as it was wide enough for a cart, the others were much narrower Link
Wikipedia: Link
The present state of Newcastle: Streets within the walls by Eneas Mackenzie (1827) Link
Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead by John Wood (1827) Link
Tyne and Wear HER(1596): Newcastle, Quayside (The Key) Link
Tyne and Wear HER(11101): Newcastle, medieval town Link
