Stoddart Street, Stephenson Halls of Residence

Stephenson Halls in Shieldfield is an impressive brick building is designed in an art deco style, and has concrete bands around its façade situated above and below the windows on each floor. The number of storeys varies between three and six, most being of the latter, and in some parts the upper floors are stepped back. The halls, which surround a ‘U’ shaped central courtyard, were refurbished in 1993 by the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, and currently house 330 student accommodation rooms. LOCAL LIST