College Street, Sutherland Building
College Street, Sutherland Building
HER Number
6240
District
Newcastle
Site Name
College Street, Sutherland Building
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
College
Site Type: Specific
Medical College
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
University of Durham College of Medicine, later dental hospital and school, now University of Northumbria building. Foundation stone dated 1887, completed 1895. By Dunn, Hansom and Dunn. Dark red brick and terracotta with ashlar-coped plinth and ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs. U-plan. Tudor style. 2 storeys. Central tower with open arch to stone porch with benches, niches and panelled barrel-vault. Oriel above with terracotta ornament. Gargoyles and battlemented parapets. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425130
Northing
564780
Grid Reference
NZ425130564780
Sources
Department of National Heritage, 1987, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 17/429; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition), p 453; British Medical Association, The 89th Annual Meeting, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1921, Guide Book; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 40 and 193; English Heritage, 2013, List Entry Number 1355259