. The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, : being a brief historical & descriptive guide to the principal buildings, streets, public institutions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. within that town & its neighbourhood for twelve miles round: and including an account of the Roman wall, and a detailed history of the coal trade .. . s Painter-Heugh i. e. thebank where the cables were tied. The Stock Bridge in Pampedon, where isthought to be the antient market for fish; where boatscame up from the river .j* PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Exchange.—In Lelands timeu a square haul place for the towneJstood upon Sandhill
. The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, : being a brief historical & descriptive guide to the principal buildings, streets, public institutions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. within that town & its neighbourhood for twelve miles round: and including an account of the Roman wall, and a detailed history of the coal trade .. . s Painter-Heugh i. e. thebank where the cables were tied. The Stock Bridge in Pampedon, where isthought to be the antient market for fish; where boatscame up from the river .j* PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Exchange.—In Lelands timeu a square haul place for the towneJstood upon Sandhill: it was built byRoger Thorn ton. || The present Ex-change, and the suite of courts andoffices attached to it, were finished in1658. Robert Trollop of York, archi-tect, covenanted with the corporationto build it for 20001. The articles ofagreement are in the archives of theBourne, however, was inform-fili|S|JFf ed that it cost above 10,0001., of whichalderman Weymouth gave by will 12001, and the cor-poration contributed the rest. This building, as toits form and model, is of great beauty, and withalvery sumptuous :§ it has undergone many externalalterations since its erection, especially in having itsnorth front, in 1794, and its south front, in 1809,new cased with freestone, and its roof covered withblue • Bourne, p. 8o, 88. f Grey, p. 9. \ ltin. vol. iii. Brand, ii. 29. (| Bourne, p. 125. § Ibid. Before the alterations made in the roof of thisbuilding, there was a steeple upon it, among the ?pikes of theweathercock of which, a pair of crows, in 1783, and for severalyears after, built their nest and reared their young. 60 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The lower story of this edifice is occupied by theoffices of the town clerk, the Exchange coffee-roomand the piazzas of the exchange. At the foot of thestaircase is a bronze statue of Charles II. in a Romanhabit.# On the second floor are the town court orguild-hall, the mayors chamber, the merchants court,the revenue office, an
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