Theatre Architects

Born: 1848 (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

Died: 1929 (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

William Lister Newcombe was born and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the northeast of England. Newcombe was educated at Dr. Bruce’s Academy in Percy Street and went on to become one of Newcastle’s leading architects.

Newcombe’s work in Newcastle includes the Royal Victoria Infirmary (with H.P. Adams) and the Theatre Royal (with London-based architect Walter L. Emden).

Newcombe’s grave monument in St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Jesmond, is a classical triumphal arch with four Tuscan columns, wreaths and a Greek inscription. Next to it is the chest tomb of his parents Frederick and Ann Newcombe and the red granite gravestone of his brother Frederick William Newcombe MD JP.

Information in part sourced from Sitelines .