English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
03
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564190
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1974 by Ryder & Yates. Replaced a Men's Palace or itinerants hostel that had been demolished. Respects the height of the adjacent Keelman's Hospital. Sweeps back from the road in an asymmetrical curve of brick and glass. Narrow windows. Now a Social Centre. Twentieth Century Society Building of the Month January 2010 - the building is curved and linear in blue brindle brick. The blue brickwork was also used inside. Gordon Ryder used a curve to replicate the curve in the proposed road improvement. The larger three storey range has bedrooms on ground and second floors and communal rooms on the first. 184 men could be accommodated. There were also day rooms, a restaurant, facilities for the elderly and a small hospital. The steel windows, which originally had bright green shutters, are designed so that three bedroom units could be from two if required. The central entrance has a curved access ramp and boomerang-shaped canopy on columns. The rooftop penthouse for the superintendent has an arched roof. The surrounding grounds are landscaped into 'earth sculptures'. GRADE II LISTED
Site Type: Broad
Homeless Hostel
SITEDESC
1974 by Ryder & Yates. Replaced a Men's Palace or itinerants hostel that had been demolished. Respects the height of the adjacent Keelmen's Hospital. Sweeps back from the road in an asymmetrical curve of brick and glass. Narrow windows. Now a Social Centre. Twentieth Century Society Building of the Month January 2010 - the building is curved and linear in blue brindle brick. The blue brickwork was also used inside. Gordon Ryder used a curve to replicate the curve in the proposed road improvement. The larger three storey range has bedrooms on ground and second floors and communal rooms on the first. 184 men could be accommodated. There were also day rooms, a restaurant, facilities for the elderly and a small hospital. The steel windows, which originally had bright green shutters, are designed so that three bedroom units could be from two if required. The central entrance has a curved access ramp and boomerang-shaped canopy on columns. The rooftop penthouse for the superintendent has an arched roof. The surrounding grounds are landscaped into 'earth sculptures'. Closed 2014. 2015 used as student accommodation to keep the building occupied.
The hostel was listed Grade II in 2015 with the following description:
Details
Men’s Social Services Centre for the Salvation Army, by Ryder & Yates, 1974. Blue brindle brick with steel windows.
PLAN: situated on the north side of City Road in an elevated position, adjacent to the early C18 Keelmen’s Hospital. The building occupies a site that slopes steeply from south to north. This curving, roadside accommodation block also has an integrated superintendent's rooftop apartment.
EXTERIOR: a three-storey block with a pronounced curve at its eastern end. The building has an asymmetric pattern of fenestration comprising numerous narrow single, paired or triple strip lights, pivoted vertically, to all floors; the irregularity reflects the intended flexible nature of the interior space.
South elevation: a central entrance giving direct entry to the ground floor is accessed via a curving, brick ramp, stepped at the west end and protected by a white boomerang-shaped canopy (with an underside of timber boards) raised on thin steel columns. The irregular arrangement of strip windows is interrupted at the east end by the first-floor dining room glass oriel window which is partly cantilevered out to mirror the curve of the building. At the west end, the south elevation of the rooftop apartment rises above the roof - its detailing is considered to be a direct visual reference to the roof line of the adjacent Keelmen’s Hospital, with its domed clock tower.
Right return: this is angled against a pre-existing right of way and is largely blind with the exception of a single strip window and a rectangular ground floor opening, probably a fire escape; the door of the latter is angled creating a deep jamb to one side.
Rear elevation: this is similarly detailed to the south elevation but lacks the first floor oriel window. It has an angled and deeply set ground floor window at its extreme south-east corner.
Landscaping: rising ground to the front (edged in brick) forms the approach to the building, which incorporates three convex earthworks revetted in stone; paths are paved in blue brick.
Roof top apartment and service core: at the west end the arched parabolic roof of the square apartment spans the full width of the roof. Its south elevation has a series of narrow, horizontal lights incorporating a single tall, arched window, the whole edged in white, picking up the detail of the main entrance canopy. The north elevation is similarly detailed but incorporates a tall square-headed window. The east elevation is also edged in white and contains a pair of original strip windows and a main, glazed entrance. The west elevation has a original stepped, three-light window and a door to the left. To the east of the apartment the central service core rises through the building and is expressed externally with its curvilinear shape and rounded ends clearly articulated in the blue brick of the rest of the building.
INTERIOR: exposed, painted brickwork throughout and corridors and stairs have coloured rubberised flooring. Doors to rooms are mostly original set in simple timber architraves, and those leading from the service areas have circular or oval lights. Lifts to each floor are also original with simple timber surrounds. The original stair remains in place within its curving, partly open stair tower; it rises up through the building to each floor and gives access out to the rooftop apartment. The steel staircase has open treads and a simple steel balustrade, curved within the curving stair tower and straight elsewhere. There are three floors of which the ground and second floors are of almost identical plan, with a curving spinal central space in which free-standing blocks of services including the stairtower, lifts and communal bathrooms stand; the central block and the west end of the more easterly blocks have pronounced curved ends. Narrow curving corridors flank this central space and give access to numerous narrow, rectangular rooms. At either end of the three floors there are fire escapes and larger rooms, those to the west end being original L-shape dormitories, some now fitted out as kitchens. The plan of the first floor is different to the others in housing the main living areas; a large former recreation room occupies the full width of the eastern half, which also contains the curving structural elements of the service core. The room retains its original plan and proportions, with the exposed steel roof beams supported on columns and slender columns supporting the cantilevered window, which retains original curved glazing.
Roof top apartment: the convex parabolic roof is evident throughout and there is a narrow off-centre L-shaped hallway, whose eastern end is wider by virtue of a convex south wall reminiscent of the curving stairwells elsewhere in the building; this wall forms one side of a small bathroom. To the right of the hall and occupying the north side of the building is a narrow rectangular bedroom with a door at each end, probably formerly two small rooms. Occupying the extreme western part of the apartment are a pair of rooms separated by a partition with glazed panels to its upper parts; that on the north side has a tall square-headed window with a similarly shaped light well and that on the south has a tall round-headed window with a round-headed light well. Both rooms also have windows overlooking a rooftop garden to the west and one has a door giving direct access. There is a small geometric lean-to building situated to the bottom of the garden. The south side of the apartment has a pair of small bedrooms. Doors throughout are original, although bathroom and kitchen fittings have been replaced.
EXCLUSIONS: the partially demolished rear range, the modern linking walkway and the rear compound walls are not of special interest and are excluded from the listing. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that all modern kitchen fittings and sanitary ware are not of special architectural or historic interest.
Site Name
City Road, Salvation Army Men's Hostel
Site Type: Specific
Homeless Hostel
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9786
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 477; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 39 and 132; Rutter Carroll, 2009, Ryder and Yates, pp 109-115; www.odechair.com/ode/ode/blog_files/Ryder_and_Yates_Classic_Images.html; Elain Harwood, English Heritage historian, 2010, Salvation Army Men's Social Services Centre, Twentieth Century Society Building of the Month archive January 2010, www.c20society.org.uk/both/archive/2010; Carroll, Rutter, 2012, Ryder (RIBA Publishing); RPS, 2009, The Salvation Army Men's Palace, 39 City Road - Archaeological Assessment; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1424948
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2022
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
352, 9392
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
430770
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556570
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Washington
Description
School shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
School shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Name
Washington, Village Lane, school
Site Type: Specific
School
HER Number
9785
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563990
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
By T.P. Bennett & Sons in conjunction with Sir Basil Spence. Planned in 1969. St. Cuthbert's House and St. Aidan's House.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
By T.P. Bennett & Sons in conjunction with Sir Basil Spence. Planned in 1969 as a complete redevelopment of this area, with similar blocks intended to spread across as far as Broad Chare, but not completed. Built in exposed aggregate in pre-cast boxes with floor levels marked by deep grooves. Pevsner (1992) says that this demonstrates 'amazing self-confidence'. Only St. Cuthbert's House and St. Aidan's House were built, north and west of All Saints Church. Canted corners and concrete elevations.
Site Name
All Saints Office Development
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
HER Number
9784
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 472; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 130
YEAR1
2007
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563970
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
Glass-clad tower block of 1972-8 by Hubbard, Ford & Partners.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
'An uncompromising glass-clad tower block of 1972-8 by Hubbard, Ford & Partners, with a lower block towards The Side clad in brick and with diagonal boarding hiding the car-park'. Re-clad circa 2000 by Ove Arup & Partners.
Site Name
Cale Cross House, The Side
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
HER Number
9783
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 472; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 118
YEAR1
2007
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6572
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425100
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563820
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
To the right of the first landing of Castle Stairs there is a restored medieval well.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
To the right of the first landing of Castle Stairs there is a restored medieval well.
Site Name
Castle Stairs, well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
9782
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 467
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
424910
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
Built for the Bank of Chicago by Mauchlen, Weightman & Elphick in 1971-4.
Site Type: Broad
Bank (Financial)
SITEDESC
Built for the Bank of Chicago by Mauchlen, Weightman & Elphick in 1971-4. Smooth ashlar cladding and full-height oriels {1}. Formerly the Bank of Chicago. 1971-4 by Mauchlen Weightman & Elphick. The full-height oriels might be homage to the bank's Chicago skyscraper. Two-storey mansard. Subway is on the ground floor, with offices above.
Site Name
Collingwood Street, Collingwood House
Site Type: Specific
Bank (Financial)
HER Number
9781
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, pages 466-7; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 162
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
424440
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564440
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Newcastle
Description
The first high-rise office block in Newcastle. 1961 designed by Williamson, Faulkner Brown & Partners. Twelve storeys. Demolished 2007.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
The first high-rise office block in Newcastle. A speculative development of 1961 designed by Williamson, Faulkner Brown & Partners. Twelve storeys on a wide two-storey podium. Exposed aggregate concrete panels, black concrete verticals, white mosaic panels below the long strips of windows. Demolished 2007. Replaced by a new build 2009.
Site Name
Wellbar House, Gallowgate
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
HER Number
9780
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 461; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 171
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Gateshead and Newcastle
Easting
419430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Blaydon
Description
1987-90 by Bullen & Partners. Built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd for the Newcastle Western Bypass.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
1987-90 by Bullen & Partners. Built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd for the Newcastle Western Bypass. A twin, five-span, prestressed, post-tensioned, concrete box structure, 330m long. Constructed using the balanced cantilever method. Paired elliptical-section reinforced concrete piers. 17-span approach viaduct on south side.
Site Name
Blaydon Road Bridge
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
HER Number
9779
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 460
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4133
DAY1
03
District
Gateshead and Newcastle
Easting
419940
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563640
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Scotswood/Blaydon
Description
1964-7 by Mott, Hay & Anderson. Built by Mitchell Construction/Dorman Long to replace a suspension bridge of 1831. Steel arch of 100.5m span with suspended box girder deck. The two arch ribs were originally tied with wire cables but these were replaced with tie-bars when they corroded.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
1964-7 by Mott, Hay & Anderson. Built by Mitchell Construction/Dorman Long to replace a suspension bridge of 1831. Steel arch of 100.5m span with suspended box girder deck. The two arch ribs were originally tied with wire cables but these were replaced with tie-bars when they corroded. Pevsner (1992) describes it as "a very lively bridge".
Site Name
Scotswood Road Bridge (new)
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
HER Number
9778
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 460; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
4316
DAY1
03
DAY2
09
District
Gateshead and Newcastle
Easting
424491
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563146
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle/Gateshead
Description
1980-3 by Mott, Hay & Anderson in association with Tyne and Wear County Council. Built by Nuttall/HBM to replace a steel truss bridge of 1897-1901.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
1980-3 by Mott, Hay & Anderson in association with Tyne and Wear County Council. Built by Nuttall/HBM to replace a steel truss bridge of 1897-1901. Opened officially by HRH Princess of Wales 18th May 1983. Pevsner (1992) describes it as "the most striking of the new Tyne bridges and a good example of modern medium-span bridge design". It is of post-tensioned concrete box construction over three spans. It is 360m in length. The main span is 160m. Services are carried in internal ducts within the box sections. There are portholes in the box sections to prevent possible explosions. Contract value was £15.35 million.
Site Name
Redheugh Road Bridge (new)
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
HER Number
9777
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 460; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 102
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2021