Tankerville Terrace, Deaf and Dumb Institution

Newcastle’s first school for the deaf was established in 1838. It has occupied its present premises in Jesmond since 1861, a date inscribed above the main entrance to the building, where it is also recorded that the building was paid for by public subscription. The imposing Victorian stone building is three storeys and has dormer windows and towers. The porches and bay windows are crenellated and many windows are within pointed arches and have leaf-style carvings on the masonry. Some of the stained glass windows in the building were designed by the nineteenth-century Newcastle artist William Wailes. The school is now known as ‘Northern Counties School for the Deaf’. LOCAL LIST