King's Walk, Quadrangle gateway
King's Walk, Quadrangle gateway
HER Number
8789
District
Newcastle
Site Name
King's Walk, Quadrangle gateway
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
University
Site Type: Specific
University
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This structure was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Gateway, part of Art Department. 1911 by W. H. Knowles for Armstrong College. Dark red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Tudor style. Gabled front of 3 storeys, one bay. Paired moulded arches with blind tracery above containing statue of Edward VII in central niche. Gothic-lettered Latin legend in frieze below pierced parapet. Upper floors, recessed between wide full-height buttresses, contain 2-storey canted bay with large royal arms in panel between floors. Stone mullioned and transomed windows. Top battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles.'
'Gateway, part of Art Department. 1911 by W. H. Knowles for Armstrong College. Dark red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Tudor style. Gabled front of 3 storeys, one bay. Paired moulded arches with blind tracery above containing statue of Edward VII in central niche. Gothic-lettered Latin legend in frieze below pierced parapet. Upper floors, recessed between wide full-height buttresses, contain 2-storey canted bay with large royal arms in panel between floors. Stone mullioned and transomed windows. Top battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles.'
Easting
424730
Northing
565040
Grid Reference
NZ424730565040
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/354; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 141-2; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 30; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024828