Proposals to turn a vacant building on the corner of Clayton Street and Newgate Street have been submitted to Newcastle City Council.
Panther Properties Plc want to turn the Grade II listed 36-40 Clayton Street into an 'aparthotel' with 13 serviced apartments above street level and a café/restaurant on the ground floor. The firm says it wants to retain the historic fabric of the building, which previously housed a homeware shop and has now been empty for five years.
The curved corner property was originally built in 1837 by Richard Grainger on the street named after John Clayton, Newcastle long-serving town clerk and antiquarian. In 2018 plans to turn the space into a live music venue inspired by the BBC's Maida Vale Studios were knocked back by the city council's licensing sub-committee.
