Description

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NZ 2465 SE UNIVERSITY QUADRANGLE
1833/14/10103 (East side)
19-JUN-00 School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape (Former School of Bacteriology)

GV II

Former School of Bacteriology, now School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape. 1922-3. Designed by Knowles, Oliver & Leeson for Armstrong College. Red brick with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. Raised coped ashlar gables. Two storey plus attic.
Main front has five windows. Deep plinth, projecting ashlar cornice with carved corbels. Central bay projects slightly and is topped with curved gable. Central moulded four-centred arched doorway with double panel doors, with ornate ashlar hood mould with five blind tracery arches. Above a tall 9-light cross casement staircase window in a moulded ashlar surround, and above in gable a small fixed light. Either side two six-light cross mullion windows, with above two taller similar windows with four-centred heads. Plain brick parapet with moulded ashlar coping and two hipped roof dormer window on either side.
INTERIOR has reconstituted stone staircase with woven cast iron balustrade and oak handrail.

Listing NGR: NZ2470265118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660765

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)