Snowball & Son was a department store located in Gateshead.

In 1850, William Snowball opened his department store at 15-25 High Street, Gateshead. The store sold a variety of household goods and furnishings.^[1] William's older brother James Snowball was a successful businessman running the Snowball Fire Brick company and owning several Collierys.^[2]

In 1882 William retired from the business to be replaced by his son, George Laverick Snowball and his son-inlaw William Fenwick McAllum.^[3]

By 1889 the business employed over 200 people and was known as the Harrods of the North by locals.^[4] However, during the Second World War the business struggled like many small department stores in the United Kingdom and closed its doors.^[5]

The building was used from 1946 to 1949 by Shephards department store while the building was being rebuilt after a devastating fire.