Historic shopping arcades · North East England
YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne
In or near Newcastle upon Tyne.
YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne in England North East, United Kingdom.
Paul Harrop — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Monument · 0.1 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne 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
The YMCA Building was a prominent building on Blackett Street in central Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Completed in May 1900, it was demolished to facilitate the construction of the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in the early 1970s.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The YMCA first established a presence in Newcastle upon Tyne in Grainger Street in 1849. In the early 1880s, they decided to acquire a larger property on Blackett Street. The site they selected there had originally been occupied by the old Fickett Tower, which had formed part of the old town wall. The tower had been demolished to make way for the St. James Chapel, which was designed by John Dobson in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and completed in 1826. It featured a fine tetrastyle portico formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs and a pediment. After the parishioners moved to a new church in Bath Road (now Northumberland Road), the chapel had…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9739, -1.6140
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 7AN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Established
- 1900
- Nearest railway station
- Monument — 0.1 km
- Opening
- Fr[1] 09:00-14:30
Sources
- wikidata: Q136705374 (CC0)
- wikipedia: YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne?
- YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 7AN), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- What is YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne?
- YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne?
- The nearest railway station is Monument, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE1 7AN.
- When was YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne built?
- Built or established in 1900.
- How do I get to YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne?
- The nearest railway station is Monument, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 7AN.