1 - 9 Brinkburn Square, Byker Wall

Terraces of houses and penshioners' bungalows enclosing a square. 1974-6 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 dark green weatherboarding to Nos. 2 and 7 Brinkburn Square. Blue metal roofs, supported on plywood box beam purlins. Nos. 3 and 4 Brinkburn Square are single storey, the others are two storeys. Nos. 1, 2 and 9 have plastic door hoods. Nos. 5-8 have projecting porches of green weatherboarding under blue catslide roofs. Nos. 12-18 Brock Street have yellow weatherboarding to rear eaves, a rare use of this colour, with green, white and red below. LISTED GRADE 2*