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Sunlight Chambers
Sunlight Chambers in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Sunlight Chambers is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Sunlight Chambers is a listed residential and commercial building on Bigg Market in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was designed by architects William & Segar Owen in a modified Baroque style and was named after Lever Brothers' Sunlight detergent brand.
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Background
History
Lever Brothers was founded in 1895 by brothers William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). Together with chemist William Hough, the brothers created a soap that used glycerin and vegetable oils such as palm oil instead of tallow. The resulting soap was free-lathering. At first, it was named Honey Soap but later became "Sunlight Soap". In 1901, the brothers hired architects William & Segar Owen to design a building for the Newcastle branch of their company. It was constructed between 1901 and 1902 and was named after Lever Brothers' then-famous soap brand.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9713, -1.6134
- Address
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Phone
- +44 844 693 3336
- Established
- 1901
- Official site
- www.thestand.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26410112 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sunlight Chambers, Newcastle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunlight Chambers?
- Sunlight Chambers is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Sunlight Chambers built?
- Built or established in 1901.
- Who owns Sunlight Chambers?
- Sunlight Chambers is owned by | designation1 = Grade II Listed Building.