The front elevation of 45 Northumberland Street, decorated with four large statues in niches around the facade, showing Boots chemists on the ground floor

Date:
circa 1955 - circa 1980
Location:
45 Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
Reference:
UXC01/01/01/0528/40
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The building dates to c1900, and is of three storeys and three bays. The first floor has a tripartite window with pediment over the central panel, flanked by two niches with statues within. Above are three small windows separated by two niches with statues, and broken segmental pediment in the centre. The statues have been named "Sir John Marley", "Roger Thornton", "Thomas Bewick" and "Harry Hotspur". There are Boots signs over the tope of each window on the ground floor, on a wide banner above the wimdows, and on a wall-mounted sign on the first floor. In front of the shop are pedestrians and shoppers.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: UXC01/01/01 Series of 35mm negatives showing English architecture; within the Series: UXC01/01 Series of negatives showing English architecture; within the Collection: UXC01 Ursula Clark Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Clark, Ursula

Keywords

Early 20th Century Shop