Tyne and Wear HER(9259): Benwell, West Road, Pendower Open Air School - Details
9259
Newcastle
Benwell, West Road, Pendower Open Air School
Benwell
NZ26SW
Education
School
Open Air School
Modern
C20
Extant Building
Open-air school 1925. Rendered brick on north and west; full-width folding glazed doors on other walls; slate roofs. Main L-plan block and 3 pavilions stepping forward from south arm. Hall at north and classrooms at west have glazed corridors. 3 pavilions have whole sides which open; and low pyramidal roofs. Built in an attempt to combat the high rate of serious illness among schoolchildren. Listed for
sociological interest. Now demolished.
21435
64763
NZ2143564763
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/562; Historic England, 8 August 2016, Advice Report (List Entry Number 1338202); Liddell, T. Pendower Hall: The 19th-21st Century, Vindomora Solutions Ltd, HER4861