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1 - 13 Shipley Place, Byker Wall

HER Number

9264

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1 - 13 Shipley Place, Byker Wall

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Two terraces of houses. 1975-78 for City of Newcastle upon Tyne by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor;, site architect Vernon Gracie; strictural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Stanley Miller Ltd. Pale metric modular brick on timber frame, sloping metal vary-pitch roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins, projecting porches cased in brown-stained timber under metal roofs. Garages to rear behind Nos. 1-5. Shipley Place stands at the main entrance through the Byker Wall. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

426980

Northing

564610

Grid Reference

NZ426980564610

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/26/10125; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498931; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne