1-25 Kendal Street, Byker Wall

HER Number

9273

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1-25 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

Three short terraces of flats and houses staggered around central green square. 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 some 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

426900

Northing

564490

Grid Reference

NZ426900564490

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/30/10133; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498939; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne