County Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

County Hall
Location Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates 54°58′09″N 1°36′35″W / 54.96912°N 1.60964°W / 54.96912; -1.60964Coordinates: 54°58′09″N 1°36′35″W / 54.96912°N 1.60964°W / 54.96912; -1.60964
Built 1910
Architect J.A. Bain
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated 30 March 1987
Reference no. 1024938
Location of County Hall in Tyne and Wear

County Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne is a former meeting place of Northumberland County Council.

History

The building was designed as the meeting place of Northumberland County Council by J. A. Bain and completed in 1910.[1] An extension down to the Side and the top storeys were designed by Cackett, Dick and McKellar and completed in 1933.[1] It is located in the Moot Hall precincts: the area became part of the county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 and was thus extraterritorial to the county of Northumberland. It the late 1970s Northumberland County Council decided that they wanted a meeting place within the territorial limits of the county. The council therefore re-established County Hall in Morpeth in April 1981.[2]

The building in Newcastle was converted into a hotel, becoming the "Vermont Hotel" under the management of Lincoln Group in 1993.[3] After Lincoln Group went into administration in January 2012, the hotel changed ownership and was acquired by Gainford Hotels in April 2012.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "County Hall". British listed buildings. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Northumberland County Council to spend £17m on HQ revamp". Hexham Courant. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Vermont hotel in Newcastle for sale for £9m". The Chronicle. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vermont hotel in Newcastle sold off £9m asking price". The Caterer. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sale of Newcastle's Vermont Hotel secures jobs". BBC. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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