University of Northumbria, Ellison Building

HER Number

9771

District

Newcastle

Site Name

University of Northumbria, Ellison Building

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

Polytechnic

Site Type: Specific

Polytechnic

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The Polytechnic was founded in 1969 incorporating the Rutherford College of Technology. The Ellison Building, Library and Lipman Building were built for Rutherford College of Technology in the 1960s by George Kenyon, City Architect.

Easting

425280

Northing

564800

Grid Reference

NZ425280564800

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 453; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 40, 192 and 195