Tyne and Wear HER(5064): Exhibition Park, Palace of Arts - Details
5064
Newcastle
Exhibition Park, Palace of Arts
Newcastle
NZ26NW
Recreational
Art and Education Venue
Exhibition Hall
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Extant Building
The only surviving building from the 1929 exhibition (see HER 5063). Now used as Military Vehicles Museum. Steel-framed and clad in artificial stone for the security of the valuable works of art it once displayed. 120 feet square pavilion with a colonnaded entrance, reinforced concrete roof and large cast iron framed dome. LISTED GRADE 2. Now Wylam Brewery.
424630
565820
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<< HER 5064 >> T. Henderson, 1999, When the North made an exhibition of itself, The Journal, May 15 1999, p 36-37
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 454
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 80; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355325