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Newton Building at Nottingham Trent University

A Grade II* Listed Building in Nottingham, City of Nottingham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9564 / 52°57'23"N

Longitude: -1.152 / 1°9'7"W

OS Eastings: 457063

OS Northings: 340228

OS Grid: SK570402

Mapcode National: GBR LNN.PB

Mapcode Global: WHDGS.8YNF

Plus Code: 9C4WXR4X+H5

Entry Name: Newton Building at Nottingham Trent University

Listing Date: 24 April 1998

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1323704

English Heritage Legacy ID: 469229

ID on this website: 101323704

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1

County: City of Nottingham

Electoral Ward/Division: Arboretum

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Nottingham

Traditional County: Nottinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Nottingham St Peter with St James

Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham

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Description


NOTTINGHAM

SK5740SW BURTON STREET 646-1/14/10004 Newton Building at Nottingham Trent University

GV II

University building, formerly Trent Polytechnic. Designed 1952. Built 1956-58. Designed by Cecil Howitt. Portland Stone facing, expressed as a cladding by the alignment of both vertical and horizontal joints. Flat roofs. Low block, polygonal in plan, containing entrance and workshops, surmounted at right-angles to the street by an eight-storey slab. Stripped classical manner. Entrance block treated as symmetrical composition with projecting centre with fluted pilasters in antis. Vertical window to left and right each with projecting metal grill. Five-light window to flanking ranges. Slightly recessed glazed attic storey. Slab recessed behind street facade with moulded vertical window to end elevation. Broad flanks each have panel of vertical strip windows with projecting masonry pilasters, flanked to either side by panels with narrow horizontal windows. Delicate metal framed single-glazed windows with margin glazing. INTERIOR retains matching original staircase. A good example of Cecil Howitt's later work, showing the Modernist idea of the "slab and podium" translated into a classical manner.

Listing NGR: SK5706340228

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