1-5 Dibley Square, Byker Wall

Includes attached garden walls. Three terraces of houses forming a square. 1974-6 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Pale metric modular brick on timber frame with brown weatherboarding to Nos. 5 and 6 Gordon Square and to the upper storeys of 2-4. Blue weatherboarding to the rear of Nos. 7-11 Gordon Square and Nos. 1-5 Dibley Square. Blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys. Brown projecting porches or metal hoods. LISTED GRADE 2*