Latitude: 54.9609 / 54°57'39"N
Longitude: -1.6071 / 1°36'25"W
OS Eastings: 425256
OS Northings: 562988
OS Grid: NZ252629
Mapcode National: GBR SQ6.C2
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.8KZR
Plus Code: 9C6WX96V+95
Entry Name: Council Offices (Department of Architectural Services)
Listing Date: 13 January 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1277865
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430180
ID on this website: 101277865
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8
County: Gateshead
Electoral Ward/Division: Bridges
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gateshead
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Gateshead Team Ministry
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1. BENSHAM ROAD 5099 (north side)
Council Offices NZ 2563 NZ 2562 5 & 7/56 (Department of Architectural Services)
II and No 70
2. Former Windmill Hills Schools. Northern part now Council Offices. 1879, dated on plaque on playground front. Red brick, high pitched Welsh slate roof. Two tall storeys. Slightly irregular five-gabled front with string courses. Tall windows with gauged brick arches and fluted keystones. Two entrances, each having twin round arches of shaped bricks resting on squat columns. Two cupolas, one crowning a square tower. Two storey outer wings. On the road front, the outer gables are shaped in the Flemish manner.
Listing NGR: NZ2525662987
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