Jesmond Towers, laboratory and arts block

HER Number

14791

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Towers, laboratory and arts block

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Private School

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Continues the style of the adjacent classrooms (HER 14790). Attractive part-timbered gable to Matthew Bank. Sash windows. Central round-arched window on first floor. This provided light for the main first floor lab, which has a polished wooden floor. Pebble dashed walls.

Easting

425270

Northing

567180

Grid Reference

NZ425270567180

Sources

Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 74; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording