Whitley Bay, Brierdene Crescent, No. 52, Black House

HER Number:
15150

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Brierdene Crescent, No. 52, Black House

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
During the 1960s Ryder and Yates produced a series of buildings for healthcare and welfare. The Social Services Centre in Sunderland, designed in 1982, was, according to Rutter Carroll a radical concept. It was built for the Salvation Army to provide accomodation for women at risk, alcoholics and recidivists. It replaced a Men's Palace near the docks. The new building was H-plan with a courtyard. The central core contained the entrance under a cantilevered concrete canopy and communal facilities, flanked by two wings of accomodation. Rutter Carroll likens the building to a castle, with its high walls and small windows. It even had a cantilevered access 'drawbridge'. The resident's lounge and reception had an oval window. The two wings were of blue brindle brick. The central core was faced in tiles.

Easting:
3449

Northing:
7393

Grid Reference:
NZ34497393

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Rutter Carroll, 2009, Ryder and Yates - Twentieth Century Architects, p 39 and 124; Evening Chronicle, 12 August 1956, 'Whitley Bay Houses'