The former home of a celebrated North East architect that later became part of one of Newcastle’s most popular nightclubs is set for a new lease of life.
Council chiefs have backed plans to refurbish the disused John Dobson House in the city centre to turn it into office space. The neoclassical home in New Bridge Street West was built by John Dobson, who designed Central Station and worked with Richard Grainger to transform the centre of Newcastle, in 1823 for himself and his family.
But it will be better known to many Geordies for being a part of some of the city’s most famous venues. A huge dance hall built next to the villa saw it joined onto a complex that opened as the Oxford Galleries ballroom in 1925 and was later reborn multiple times as Tiffany’s, The Studio, Ritzy, Ikon, Central Park, Diva, Liquid/Envy and Club LQ.
