Gateshead, Regent Street, Civic Centre

HER Number:
15474

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Regent Street, Civic Centre

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Civic Centre

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
1978-87 by the Borough Director of Architecture, DW Robson. Warm red brick, red tiled hipped roofs. Almost vernacular. The central block houses the Council Chamber which has stained glass by the architect. A quadrangular block projects from each corner.

Easting:
2548

Northing:
6282

Grid Reference:
NZ25486282

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 227