2-38 Kendal Street, Byker Wall

HER Number

9272

District

Newcastle

Site Name

2-38 Kendal Street, 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

Includes retaining walls. Three short terraces of flats and houses. 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 to timber frame, with blue and green weatherboarding. Blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins and projecting blue and green porches. Retaining garden walls in pale brick. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

426880

Northing

564470

Grid Reference

NZ426880564470

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10132; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498938; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne