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Latitude: 54.9719 / 54°58'18"N
Longitude: -1.578 / 1°34'40"W
OS Eastings: 427113
OS Northings: 564219
OS Grid: NZ271642
Mapcode National: GBR SVD.X7
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.Q9SB
Plus Code: 9C6WXCCC+PR
Entry Name: 2-8, Raby Cross
Listing Date: 22 January 2007
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392137
English Heritage Legacy ID: 498955
ID on this website: 101392137
Location: Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward/Division: Byker
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Byker St Michael with St Lawrence
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Post office building
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NZ2764SW RABY CROSS
1833/31/10148 BYKER
22-JAN-07 (West side)
2-8
II*
Post office. 1976-8 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, with blue cladding to first floor, and red ground-floor weatherboarding under shop windows. Blue metal roof on plywood box beam purlins. Single storey under deep eaves. Timber windows. Interior not of special interest. The block is a striking feature at the entrance to the Raby Cross shopping area, the district shopping area developed at the southern end of the Byker estate because of its relative distance from the main shops on Shields Road.
HISTORY: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
SOURCES: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
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