Description

PONTELAND NORTHUMBRIA POLICE H.Q.
NZ 17 SE

17/347 Block 13

GV II

Superintendent's House of cottage homes for children. 1903 by Leeson for the
Newcastle Board of Guardians. Now Police Headquarters and college.

Cavity wall in stretcher bond; pebbledashed and painted on 1st floor. Welsh
slate roof. House with linking range of offices and water tower attached to
rear. Domestic Revival style.

House: 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays with single-storey 1-bay side wings.
Central 2-leaf, 6-panel door, and fanlight with radiating glazing bars under
semicircular hood. Canted 5-sided bay windows on ground floor with 12- and
8-pane sashes. 12-pane sashes above. Dentil cornice. High hipped roof with 2
hipped dormers and tall corniced lateral stacks. Single-storey wings have
12-pane sashes; canted bay windows on returns.

Single-storey 6-bay linking range to rear has 12-pane sashes.

Tall, square water tower with cornice, large stone water spouts at corners and
tall parapet with scalloped top.

A good example of buildings for the enlightened approach to child care in the
early C20.

Listing NGR: NZ1558874096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473336

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)