Other places · North East England
Sunlight Chambers
In or near Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sunlight Chambers in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Central Station · 0.3 km
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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Official information
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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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
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.
Architecture
The building is constructed in a modified Baroque style using sandstone ashlar. The building features a frieze depicting harvest and industry. Its roof consists of French tiles and its architrave-featuring windows are dormer at roof level.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9713, -1.6134
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 1EW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Phone
- +44 844 693 3336
- Established
- 1901
- Nearest railway station
- Central Station — 0.3 km
- Official site
- www.thestand.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26410112 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sunlight Chambers, Newcastle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunlight Chambers?
- Sunlight Chambers is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 1EW), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- What is Sunlight Chambers?
- Sunlight Chambers in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Sunlight Chambers?
- The nearest railway station is Central Station, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE1 1EW.
- When was Sunlight Chambers built?
- Built or established in 1901.
- Who owns Sunlight Chambers?
- Sunlight Chambers is owned by | designation1 = Grade II Listed Building.
- How do I get to Sunlight Chambers?
- The nearest railway station is Central Station, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 1EW.