1 - 5 Dibley Square, Byker Wall

1 - 5 Dibley Square, Byker Wall

HER Number
9283
District
Newcastle
Site Name
1 - 5 Dibley Square, 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
Includes attached garden walls. Three terraces of houses forming a square. 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 on timber frame with brown weatherboarding to Nos. 5 and 6 Gordon Square and to the upper storeys of 2-4. Blue weatherboarding to the rear of Nos. 7-11 Gordon Square and Nos. 1-5 Dibley Square. Blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys. Brown projecting porches or metal hoods. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
426820
Northing
564390
Grid Reference
NZ426820564390
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10139; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498945; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne