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.'

Easting:
424730

Northing:
565040

Grid Reference:
NZ424730565040

Lats/Lons:

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