Tyne and Wear HER(8950): Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Peacock Hall (admin) - Details
8950
Newcastle
Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Peacock Hall (admin)
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Health and Welfare
Hospital Building
Modern
C20
Extant Building
Hospital offices. Foundation stone 1900 by Prince of Wales; building 1901-1906. By
W. L. Newcombe and Percy Adams, after consultation with-Sir A. Waterhouse.
Sandstone ashlar ground floor, central pavilion, and central sections of end
pavilions; remainder bright red brick with ashlar dressings. Roof of graduated
Lakeland slate. 3 storeys and attics; 17 bays in all, with 3-bay centre and end
pavilions. Central porte-cochere. Pilasters to pavilions with central top pediments,
segmental over entrance bay. End pavilions have ground-floor central canted bay
windows. All windows stone mullioned and transomed with leaded lights. 3 flat-
headed dormers to each outer section; central attic in stone surround continuous
with linking coped parapet. High roof, hipped over pavilions, with central lantern
and high ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. Interior shows groined inner porch with
4 bronze commemorative plaques, recording gifts from Lord and Lady Armstrong and
others;. Entrance hall and gallery panelled with inlay, in Baroque style; much
flower decoration in stucco frieze and ceiling. LISTED GRADE 2
2451
6495
NZ24516495
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 15/473; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 136-7; The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne: Official Souvenir on the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935