QUADRANGLE GATEWAY (THE ARCHES)

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1024828
Date first listed:
30-Mar-1987
Statutory Address:
QUADRANGLE GATEWAY (THE ARCHES), KING'S WALK
Statutory Address:
QUADRANGLE GATEWAY, UNIVERSITY QUADRANGLE

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Location

Statutory Address:
QUADRANGLE GATEWAY (THE ARCHES), KING'S WALK
Statutory Address:
QUADRANGLE GATEWAY, UNIVERSITY QUADRANGLE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
National Grid Reference:
NZ 24730 65042

Details

NZ 2465 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE KING'S WALK (north side) 14/354 Quadrangle gateway (The arches) G.V. II Gateway, part of Art Department. 1911 by W. H. Knowles for Armstrong College. Dark red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Tudor style. Gabled front of 3 storeys, one bay. Paired moulded arches with blind tracery above containing statue of Edward VII in central niche. Gothic-lettered Latin legend in frieze below pierced parapet. Upper floors, recessed between wide full-height buttresses, contain 2-storey canted bay with large royal arms in panel between floors. Stone mullioned and transomed windows. Top battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles.

Listing NGR: NZ2473065042

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
304675
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 13 Feb 2001
Reference: IOE01/03602/01
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