2013

NZ2464 : 91-93 Westgate Road, NE1

taken 12 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

91-93 Westgate Road, NE1
91-93 Westgate Road, NE1
Built c 1900 for Lockhart's Cocoa Rooms. Robet Lockhart first introduced his Cocoa Rooms in Liverpool in 1876, as an alternative to public houses for refreshment. Although the three bays on the first floor are quite plain, above it there are various animated festive shapes and scrolls in stone gathered in an asymmetrical composition to celebrate the pleasures of Mr Lockhart's beverage. "L & Co" is carved on the ornamental shield below the bowl finial NZ2464 : 91-93 Westgate Road, NE1 (detail). The building is not listed.

The Buildings of Grainger Town - No.178. See NZ2464 : The Earl Grey Monument, Grey Street, NE1.

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Photographer
Mike Quinn   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 1 October, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 30 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2445 6403 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.2177N 1:37.1763W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2446 6404
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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