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1 - 14 The Chevron, Byker Wall

HER Number

9282

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1 - 14 The Chevron, Byker Wall

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Flats

Site Type: Specific

Flats

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Block of flats. 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, with internal block work frame, and green timber balconies. Long sloping blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two to four storeys on L-shaped plan. Attached porch and garages to meeting hall. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

426870

Northing

564420

Grid Reference

NZ426870564420

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10137; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498943; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne