Benwell, West Road, Pendower Open Air School

HER Number:
9259

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, West Road, Pendower Open Air School

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
School

Site Type: Specific:
Open Air School

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Open-air school 1925. Rendered brick on north and west; full-width folding glazed doors on other walls; slate roofs. Main L-plan block and 3 pavilions stepping forward from south arm. Hall at north and classrooms at west have glazed corridors. 3 pavilions have whole sides which open; and low pyramidal roofs. Built in an attempt to combat the high rate of serious illness among schoolchildren. Listed for sociological interest. Now demolished.

Easting:
21435

Northing:
64763

Grid Reference:
NZ2143564763

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/562; Historic England, 8 August 2016, Advice Report (List Entry Number 1338202); Liddell, T. Pendower Hall: The 19th-21st Century, Vindomora Solutions Ltd, HER4861