94A Raby Street, Byker Wall

Includes Nos. 1-11 Priory Place, Nos. 94-142 Raby Street. Terrace of five houses, four with gap linked by high timber bridge over carriageway to Priory Place; terrace of flats and houses to Raby Way. Priory Place and Nos. 94-8 Raby Street (including 94A) 1978-9. The rest 1976-8 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Pale metric modular brick on timber frame, with weatherboarding to carriageway and projecting oriel. Low pitched blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys (except for Nos. 112-4 and 138-42 Raby Street which are three storey). Raby Street has projecting green, dark blue and brown porches. No. 94A is reached by steps. Raby Street has brown and dark green eaves detailing. Nos. 112-14 have projecting first floor balconies. Nos. 132-4 have first and second floor balconies. Metal covered hoods to Nos. 98 and 100 and 126-36. District heating transformer station attached to No. 136. Nos. 138-42 are flats raised on stilts with stores on ground floor. LISTED GRADE 2*