Central Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne

Central Arcade
Central Arcade
	Interior of the arcade
	Location within Newcastle-upon-Tyne
General information
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°58′24″N 1°36′48″W / 54.9732°N 1.6133°W
OS grid reference	NZ248643

The Central Arcade in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is an Edwardian shopping arcade built in 1906 and designed by Oswald and Son, of Newcastle. It is in the Central Exchange building, which was built by Richard Grainger in 1836–38 to the designs of John Wardle and George Walker. The Central Arcade is Grade II* listed.^[1]

The Central Exchange is a triangular building which was intended to be a corn exchange but became a subscription newsroom. In 1870 the Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts converted the newsroom into an art gallery, concert hall and theatre.^[2]

This was replaced by a vaudeville theatre in 1897, but in 1901 the interior was destroyed by fire, after which the current Central Arcade was built within the walls of the original building.^[3] According to one source, the faience tiles in the arcade were produced by Rust's Vitreous Mosaics, Battersea,^[2] but a book on Burmantofts Pottery states that this arcade was their last major work in external faience in 1906.^[4]

Gallery

Interior of Central Arcade
Floor of Central Arcade
Entrance to Central Arcade
Date plaque in the Central Arcade
Central Exchange building on Grainger Street with Monument on left and Market Street on right.