English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
5017
DAY1
14
DAY2
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
431220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566170
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Wallsend
Description
Giant cantilever crane, 1909, by Arrol and Stothert & Pitt for North Eastern Marine Engineering Company (HER 5017). Rivetted steel sections. A fixed crane tower, 125 ft high and forty square supports on balanced horizontal jib, 245 ft total length. The jib swings through 360 degrees and has a trolley with the lifting gear moving along the 150ft working section. Designed to lift loads of up to 150 tons with great precision for ship construction/repair. Only 42 of this type of crane were ever built, from 1905. This is the earliest example built in England and one of only two left on the Tyne. Complete with original machinery. Popularly known as a 'hammerhead crane'. See The Engineer August 20 1909, pp 187-9. Was listed grade 2* but now gone.
SITEASS
Was listed grade 2* but now gone.
Site Type: Broad
Lifting and Winding Structure
SITEDESC
Giant cantilever crane, 1909, by Arrol and Stothert & Pitt for North Eastern Marine Engineering Company (HER 5017). Rivetted steel sections. A fixed crane tower, 125 ft high and forty square supports on balanced horizontal jib, 245 ft total length. The jib swings through 360 degrees and has a trolley with the lifting gear moving along the 150ft working section. Designed to lift loads of up to 150 tons with great precision for ship construction/repair. Only 42 of this type of crane were ever built, from 1905. This is the earliest example built in England and one of only two left on the Tyne. Complete with original machinery. Popularly known as a 'hammerhead crane'. See The Engineer August 20 1909, pp 187-9. The crane was demolished in the 1990s (with the necessary listed building consent) by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Giant crane at former NEM Works
Site Type: Specific
Cantilever Crane
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Delisted
HER Number
9291
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 7/182; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Hadrian Riverside, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear - archaeological assessment; Historic England Advice Report, 7 June 2017
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
422960
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
575120
parish
Dinnington
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Brenkley
Description
Gingang, early C19. Tooled squared stone; Scottish slate roof. 8 piers with
later boarded infill between; larger stepped piers at north and south. Conical
roof. Interior: roof structure in suspension, with central pendant post
linked to principal rafters by radial collars and raking struts; 2 levels of
curving purlins. Blocked Gothic-arched opening for drive shaft, in adjacent
barn wall.

Attached barn and farm buildings have been altered and are not of special
interest. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Gingang, early C19. Tooled squared stone; Scottish slate roof. 8 piers with later boarded infill between; larger stepped piers at north and south. Conical roof. Interior: roof structure in suspension, with central pendant post linked to principal rafters by radial collars and raking struts; 2 levels of curving purlins. Blocked Gothic-arched opening for drive shaft, in adjacent barn wall.
Attached barn and farm buildings have been altered and are not of special interest.
Site Name
Seven Mile Farm, gingang
Site Type: Specific
Horse Engine
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9290
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 8/122
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
N Tyneside
Easting
426840
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571400
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Killingworth
Description
Gas research station. Designed in 1965, built 1966-67. Designed by Ryder and Yates. Extension designed in 1974 and built in 1975-6 to originally contain a restaurant, a lecture theatre, classrooms and workshops is attached to the south and was also designed by Ryder and Yates. Painted concrete precast panels to main block with site-cast concrete roof features and portal; 1975-6 pavilion clad in black precast concrete panels with an aggregate of broken Guinness bottles. Main block of three storeys having a rectangular plan which comprises a fixed element to the front (containing entrance and car parking to two lower floors and originally containing library, administration and canteen). To the rear is a flexible section arranged in two parallel zones extending backwards, originally comprising flexible laboratory space on two floors, beside which is a full-height workshop. Front to Station Road of three storeys, the upper articulated by a continuous horizontal strip window, which returns along both side elevations; the lower storeys, comprising car parking, is open and partly covered up by two man-made grassy mounds of unequal height which rise up in front. Circular pilot is to car park floors, also returning on side elevations. To the centre is a projecting entrance bridge at first floor (street) height and at the far side is attached a full-height site-cast painted concrete portal of triangular section. Flat roof At roof level are three large, funnel-shaped water tanks and three cylindrical vents, grouped so that the vents are symmetrical, with two funnels to the south and one to the north. Attached to the south by a raised glazed tube is the 1974 restaurant pavilion, lower than the main block and also flat roofed. This has a fully-glazed ground storey, a taller, blind, 'middle.' layer of panels and a still taller top layer of panels, glazed to full height on the east side with full-height bronzed glass panels. There is a circular window on the south side in the upper layer, and light staircases from this level to either end. Internally, the main building contains elements of the original flexible partition system, designed on a 3'4" planning grid, in parts of the former laboratory areas on both floors. The building was designed from the start to be both flexible and extendable, and this has been done, following the original elevations. Interior of 1974 pavilion not inspected. A building of great purity of form and considerable architectural subtlety - noted, for example in the slight and deliberate deviations from the symmetrical in the front elevation. The Architects Journal 24 Apri1 1968. LISTED GRADE 2*
Site Type: Broad
Research Station
SITEDESC
Gas research station. Designed in 1965, built 1966-67. Designed by Ryder and Yates. Extension designed in 1974 and built in 1975-6 to originally contain a restaurant, a lecture theatre, classrooms and workshops is attached to the south and was also designed by Ryder and Yates. Painted concrete precast panels to main block with site-cast concrete roof features and portal; 1975-6 pavilion clad in black precast concrete panels with an aggregate of broken Guinness bottles. Main block of three storeys having a rectangular plan which comprises a fixed element to the front (containing entrance and car parking to two lower floors and originally containing library, administration and canteen). To the rear is a flexible section arranged in two parallel zones extending backwards, originally comprising flexible laboratory space on two floors, beside which is a full-height workshop. Front to Station Road of three storeys, the upper articulated by a continuous horizontal strip window, which returns along both side elevations; the lower storeys, comprising car parking, is open and partly covered up by two man-made grassy mounds of unequal height which rise up in front. Circular pilot is to car park floors, also returning on side elevations. To the centre is a projecting entrance bridge at first floor (street) height and at the far side is attached a full-height site-cast painted concrete portal of triangular section. Flat roof At roof level are three large, funnel-shaped water tanks and three cylindrical vents, grouped so that the vents are symmetrical, with two funnels to the south and one to the north. Attached to the south by a raised glazed tube is the 1974 restaurant pavilion, lower than the main block and also flat roofed. This has a fully-glazed ground storey, a taller, blind, 'middle.' layer of panels and a still taller top layer of panels, glazed to full height on the east side with full-height bronzed glass panels. There is a circular window on the south side in the upper layer, and light staircases from this level to either end. Internally, the main building contains elements of the original flexible partition system, designed on a 3'4" planning grid, in parts of the former laboratory areas on both floors. The building was designed from the start to be both flexible and extendable, and this has been done, following the original elevations. Interior of 1974 pavilion not inspected. A building of great purity of form and considerable architectural subtlety - noted, for example in the slight and deliberate deviations from the symmetrical in the front elevation. The building won the Financial Times Award for Industrial Architecture in 1968, a Civic Trust Commendation in 1968, a Concrete Society Award in 1968 and a RIBA Award in 1969. Latterly used as the offices for North Tyneside Council, now vacant.
Site Name
Station Road, British Gas Research Station
Site Type: Specific
Research Station
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9289
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1022/3/10012; Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, Annual Report 1996/7; Rutter Carroll, 2009, Ryder and Yates Twentieth Centiry Architects, pp 69-73; www.odechair.com/ode/ode/blog_files/Ryder_and_Yates_Classic_Images.html; Architects' Journal, 24 April 1968, 'Engineering Research Station'; Northern Architect, September 1968, p 102; The Journal, 30 January 1997, 'Shining reward for glass of genius', listing of ERS; The Journal, 19 April 1997, 'Officials get keys to 2.1 m site', North Tyneside Council buys the former ERS; Carroll, Rutter, 2012, Ryder (RIBA Publishing); Wardell Armstrong, 2019, Block A, the Killingworth Site, Harvey Combe, Killingworth; Archaeological building survey report.
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
N Tyneside
Easting
434810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 248
Northing
568560
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
North Shields
Description
Hospital outpatient wing. 1932. Designed by Cackett, Burns, Dick & Mackellar, and built by Ball Brothers of North Shields. Brown brick with dressings of red brick and Portland stone. Graduated Lakeland slate roof with copper stack cone. One tall storey, 3 bays and lower set-back flat-roofed right bay with canted ends. Plinth; part-opening casements, with glazing bars and radial heads, in stone jambs and console-keyed archivolts; impost string continued into end bay; brick apron panels between full-length jambs. Square-headed smaller similar window in end bay. Deep, moulded eaves cornice. Hipped roof has central stack with band and cornice, conical swept cap. Coped parapet to right bay. The building is entered through a panelled double door in the left return, in stone architrave.
Included for historical interest. LISTED GRADE 2
This building was erected by a bequest of �15,000 from Mrs Wilson of Easby House, North Shields, and it was opened in September 1932.
Left covered way, small extension and link to main hospital are altered and not of special interest.
Site Type: Broad
Hospital Department
SITEDESC
Hospital outpatient wing. 1932. Designed by Cackett, Burns, Dick & Mackellar, and built by Ball Brothers of North Shields. Brown brick with dressings of red brick and Portland stone. Graduated Lakeland slate roof with copper stack cone. One tall storey, 3 bays and lower set-back flat-roofed right bay with canted ends. Plinth; part-opening casements, with glazing bars and radial heads, in stone jambs and console-keyed archivolts; impost string continued into end bay; brick apron panels between full-length jambs. Square-headed smaller similar window in end bay. Deep, moulded eaves cornice. Hipped roof has central stack with band and cornice, conical swept cap. Coped parapet to right bay. The building is entered through a panelled double door in the left return, in stone architrave. Included for historical interest.
This building was erected by a bequest of £15,000 from Mrs Wilson of Easby House, North Shields, and it was opened in September 1932. Left covered way, small extension and link to main hospital are altered and not of special interest.
Site Name
Hawkeys Lane, Victoria Jubilee Infirmary
Site Type: Specific
Outpatients Department
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9288
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426910
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564390
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Byker
Description
Includes Nos. 1-27 with attached garden fences and retaining brick walls and pergola, Dibley Street. L-shaped terrace of houses, flats and pensioners bungalows. 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, turquoise blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys apart from Nos. 15 and 17 which are bungalows. No. 5 set back, with brown weatherboarding. Windows to first floor of Nos. 5-13 and 19-27 in long strips in bright green timber surrounds under deep eaves. Nos. 5-27 have projecting porches with vertical green timber cladding. Gardens entered up steps between brick retaining walls, which extend to a decorative curved planter in front of No. 5. LISTED GRADE 2*
SITEASS
Central pergola at the corner of Dibley Street and Brock Street is an integral part of the composition. The group forms a square, the distinctive idiom of the Gordon Road neighbourhood.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Includes Nos. 1-27 Dibley Street with attached garden fences and retaining brick walls and pergola, Dibley Street. L-shaped terrace of houses, flats and pensioners bungalows. 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, turquoise blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys apart from Nos. 15 and 17 which are bungalows. No. 5 set back, with brown weatherboarding. Windows to first floor of Nos. 5-13 and 19-27 in long strips in bright green timber surrounds under deep eaves. Nos. 5-27 have projecting porches with vertical green timber cladding. Gardens entered up steps between brick retaining walls, which extend to a decorative curved planter in front of No. 5.
Site Name
15 and 17 Brock Street, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9287
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10142; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498947; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426830
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick; Concrete
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564340
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Byker
Description
Three 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 and concrete block cross walls on concrete frame, with red-brown timber-fronted balconies. Blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Three storeys on concrete stilts over open ground with ramps. Stairs to side with plastic canopy. Plastic canopy to second-floor balcony. LISTED GRADE 2*
SITEASS
This block forms a prominent terminating feature at the edge of the estate.
Site Type: Broad
Flats
SITEDESC
Three 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 and concrete block cross walls on concrete frame, with red-brown timber-fronted balconies. Blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Three storeys on concrete stilts over open ground with ramps. Stairs to side with plastic canopy. Plastic canopy to second-floor balcony.
Site Name
2, 4 and 6 Brock Street, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Flats
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9286
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10141; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498946; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426870
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564360
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Byker
Description
Two terraces of houses. 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, blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys apart from Nos. 7 and 9 Brock Street, which are single storey. Deep eaves. Projecting porches of brick and green timber to Nos. 1-5, 11 and 13 Brock Street. Blue timber around first floor strip windows. Blue weatherboarding to rear. Front fences of green timber on brick plinths an integral part of the composition. LISTED GRADE 2*
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Includes 2-8 Dibley Street, attached steps and fences. Two terraces of houses. 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, blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys apart from Nos. 7 and 9 Brock Street, which are single storey. Deep eaves. Projecting porches of brick and green timber to Nos. 1-5, 11 and 13 Brock Street. Blue timber around first floor strip windows. Blue weatherboarding to rear. Front fences of green timber on brick plinths an integral part of the composition.
Site Name
1 - 13 Brock Street, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9285
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10145; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498952; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426940
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Byker Neighbourhood Estate Office, former undertakers' shop (which also catered for weddings), later architects' office. Circa 1899, extended c.1990. The original part of brown brick, the addition rendered, slate roofs, the original part with stack. Two storeys, timber sash windows, with original shop front to the original part. Timber doors. Listed for historic interest - it was here that Ralph Erskine established his office in July 1969, from which he re-evaluated the proposals for the Byker Wall estate made by the Housing Architect's Department the previous year. His report was published in 1970. Later the shop operated as a 'drop-in' centre where the residents could view the plans and get information on the redevelopment of their neighbourhood. Vernon Gracie and other architects lived on the first floor to maintain a constant presence in the community. The concept of an architect living on site, holding council meetings and consultations here was innovatory in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was a key part of the Byker concept. This was the 'hothouse' from which the design of the estate was produced and disseminated. LISTED GRADE 2*
SITEASS
Listed for historic interest - it was here that Ralph Erskine established his office in July 1969, from which he re-evaluated the proposals for the Byker Wall estate made by the Housing Architect's Department the previous year. His report was published in 1970. Later the shop operated as a 'drop-in' centre where the residents could view the plans and get information on the redevelopment of their neighbourhood. Vernon Gracie and other architects lived on the first floor to maintain a constant presence in the community. The concept of an architect living on site, holding council meetings and consultations here was innovatory in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was a key part of the Byker concept. This was the 'hothouse' from which the design of the estate was produced and disseminated.
Site Type: Broad
Funeral Directors
SITEDESC
Byker Neighbourhood Estate Office, former undertakers' shop (which also catered for weddings), later architects' office. Circa 1899, extended c.1990. The original part of brown brick, the addition rendered, slate roofs, the original part with stack. Two storeys, timber sash windows, with original shop front to the original part. Timber doors.
Site Name
45-47 Brinkburn Street, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Funeral Directors
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9284
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498944; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426820
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564390
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Byker
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*
SITEASS
The square is the distinctive plan of the Gordon Road development.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Includes attached garden walls, includes garages on Dalton Street, Nos. 1-11 Gordon Square and attached garden walls and Nos. 2-6 Gordon Road. Two sets of paired terraces forming the north and west sides of Gordon and Dibley Squares. 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.
Site Name
1 - 5 Dibley Square, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9283
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
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
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
16463
DAY1
14
DAY2
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
426870
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564420
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Byker
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*
SITEASS
The Chevron is a prominent feature, and marks the boundary between the Kendal Street and Gordon Road parts of the estate.
Site Type: Broad
Flats
SITEDESC
Includes attached meeting hall and garages. 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. Part of the Gordon Area. The Chevron is a feature block with a long sloping metal roof and distinctive rainwater downpipe detail. It is unique in its form and detailing. There was a corner shop in the Chevron - now in community use. There is a triangular public open space by the Chevron.
Site Name
1 - 14 The Chevron, Byker Wall
Site Type: Specific
Flats
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
9282
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
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
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2014