1-7 Brinkburn Place, Byker Wall

HER Number

9275

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1-7 Brinkburn 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

Two 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 on timber frame. Blue metal roofs. Nos. 6-7 Brinkburn Place (flats) have red-brown weatherboarding. Nos. 4 and 5 Kendal Green (flats) have blue weatherboarding. Prominent catslide roofs to rear of end units. Two storeys. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

426880

Northing

564530

Grid Reference

NZ426880564530

Sources

Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/26/10135; Department of Culture Media and Sport, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 498941; North East Civic Trust, 2005, A Byker Future - The Conservation Plan for The Byker Redevelopment, Newcastle upon Tyne