Newcastle Breweries Offices

September 20, 2008  |  Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle Breweries, Newcastle, UK

The Newcastle Breweries Building, now the Bruce Building at Newcastle University, was a last-minute addition to the Heritage Open Days, thanks to a guy who works there and who thought that people would like to see such an ornate building that’s usually not accessible to the public.  It’s well worth a visit if you ever get the chance.  The tiling and mosaics on the floor, the etching in the glass; you’d never find such a building designed these days.
The architect of the building, Joseph Oswald, also designed Central Arcade (as featured in the first photo on this site), the Bee Hive pub, and the Centurian Bar at Newcastle Central Station.  You can see the similarities in design.

For more information about the building and its history, click here.

9 Comments

  1. Mike
    September 20, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Reminds me of decor out of a Agatha Christie novel, very ornate!

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  3. gordon
    September 20, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Great photo – very interesting will get to see it if I can

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  4. Beth
    September 20, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    Thanks Mike! Your comment went into a moderation trap for some reason – not sure why. Ah well it’s here now! Thanks for the links, will see what I can do. Already have the Great North Run in my diary for some more photos :)

    Thanks Gordon, good to see you commenting :o )

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  5. Cassandra
    September 21, 2008 at 12:18 am

    Whenever there’s a link, it goes in moderation. I wish I knew a way to stop it, as Mike’s posts are very informative!

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  6. Beth
    September 21, 2008 at 10:44 am

    Thanks for that Cassandra! Good to see you :)

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  7. Mike
    September 21, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Hi Cassandra! Missing you already!

    Hope things are going smooth for you over the pond…

    Mike

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  8. Cassandra
    September 22, 2008 at 12:12 am

    Thanks Mike & Beth. Things are interesting here. The flights home were good. Loads of room in the planes to spread out and flights went pretty smoothly with all the storms and stuff. Went straight from the airport to a funeral and have another one tomorrow. That and i’m cleaning house because my family is moving about two hours away from where we are now. Keeps me busy and not thinking too much about how much I miss dear Newcastle. Which is a lot. A whole lot.

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  9. Beth
    September 22, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Sounds like going back has been quite traumatic :( Glad the travelling wasn’t too bad though. Keep dropping in to say hi when you have time and look forward to seeing you round here again more regularly. xxx

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