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
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 LinkExternal 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.

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NZ2464, 2618 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mike Quinn   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 19 November, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 3 June, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2453 6419 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.3037N 1:37.1005W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2455 6421
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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