15 Priory Green, Byker Wall
15 Priory Green, Byker Wall
HER Number
9267
District
Newcastle
Site Name
15 Priory Green, Byker Wall
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Includes Nos. 66-92 Raby Street, Nos. 2-6 Priory Place and substation attached to No. 82 Raby Street. Three linked terraces of houses and one shop. Nos. 66-80 Raby Street by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor;, site architect Vernon Gracie; strictural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Stanley Miller Ltd. The rest 1978-9 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor;, site architect Vernon Gracie; strictural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Pale metric modular brick on timber frames with vertical dark blue cladding to No. 66 and to Nos. 78 and 80 Raby Street. Band of timber cladding at eaves level to Nos. 82-90 Raby Street. Metal pitch roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys on steeply sloping site. Two storeys. Shop front to No. 66 Raby Street boarded up at time of survey. Projecting timber down pipe and bird box to No. 82 Raby Street. Projecting porches. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
427030
Northing
564460
Grid Reference
NZ427030564460
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/31/10128; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498934; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne