Exhibition Park, Palace of Arts

Exhibition Park, Palace of Arts

HER Number
5064
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Exhibition Park, Palace of Arts
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
Site Type: Specific
Exhibition Hall
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The only surviving building from the 1929 exhibition (see HER 5063). Now used as Military Vehicles Museum. Steel-framed and clad in artificial stone for the security of the valuable works of art it once displayed. 120 feet square pavilion with a colonnaded entrance, reinforced concrete roof and large cast iron framed dome. LISTED GRADE 2. Now Wylam Brewery.
Easting
424630
Northing
565820
Grid Reference
NZ424630565820
Sources
<< HER 5064 >> T. Henderson, 1999, When the North made an exhibition of itself, The Journal, May 15 1999, p 36-37
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 454
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 80; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355325