2013
NZ2464 : Galen House, Low Friar Street / Dispensary Lane, NE1
taken 12 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

Galen House, Low Friar Street / Dispensary Lane, NE1
Built c 1901, by Matthew Horner Graham for G G Laidlaw, as a handsome Edwardian medicines manufactory and offices; the name is after the famous Greek physician of the 2nd C Link
. Red brick piers rise up from a very tall ground floor of stone arches and columns; the two main sides are flanked by tall bay windows, and at each corner there is a squat octagonal tower with round windows. The building has been converted into shops and around 60 housing association flats. The building is not listed.
The Buildings of Grainger Town - No.199. See NZ2464 : The Earl Grey Monument, Grey Street, NE1.

The Buildings of Grainger Town - No.199. See NZ2464 : The Earl Grey Monument, Grey Street, NE1.