Newcastle, Northumberland Road, Army Riding School

HER Number:
6251

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Northumberland Road, Army Riding School

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Training School

Site Type: Specific:
Riding School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Army riding school for the Northumberland Yeomanry, later City of Newcastle Employees Club, 1849. Attributed to John Dobson. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Pedimented gable end to street has 3 tall arched recesses with long keystones. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2504

Northing:
6475

Grid Reference:
NZ25046475

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 88-89; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 193