1-7 Kendal Place, Byker Wall

HER Number

9270

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1-7 Kendal Place, Byker Wall

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Terrace of houses and flats. 1972-5 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Stanley Miller Ltd. Pale metric modular brick on timber frame, with projecting brown porches under blue roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Nos. 3-5 are houses, the rest are flats. Two storeys. Catslide roofs to rear with bright green eaves band. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

426850

Northing

564500

Grid Reference

NZ426850564500

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10131; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498937; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne