1-13 Brock Street, Byker Wall

Two terraces of houses. 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, blue metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys apart from Nos. 7 and 9 Brock Street, which are single storey. Deep eaves. Projecting porches of brick and green timber to Nos. 1-5, 11 and 13 Brock Street. Blue timber around first floor strip windows. Blue weatherboarding to rear. Front fences of green timber on brick plinths an integral part of the composition. LISTED GRADE 2*