Whitley Bay Grammar School (Marden Bridge Middle School)

HER Number:
9350

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay Grammar School (Marden Bridge Middle School)

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
School

Site Type: Specific:
Grammar School

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Lovaine Avenue. Pre-war school in classical style. Said to be a frieze painting in the main hall of Northumbrian scenes. Opened as two schools (Whitley & Monkseaton High Schools for Boys and Girls) in 1914. Amalgamated in 1937. Became Whitley Bay Grammar School in 1945. Hillheads County Secondary School in 1963. Marden Bridge Middle School in 1973. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3522

Northing:
7171

Grid Reference:
NZ35227171

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)