BLOCK 13
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1178626
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-1986
- Statutory Address:
- BLOCK 13, NORTHUMBRIA POLICE HEADQUARTERS
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- BLOCK 13, NORTHUMBRIA POLICE HEADQUARTERS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ponteland
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 15588 74096
Details
PONTELAND NORTHUMBRIA POLICE H.Q.
NZ 17 SE
17/347 Block 13
GV II
Superintendent's House of cottage homes for children. 1903 by Leeson for the
Newcastle Board of Guardians. Now Police Headquarters and college.
Cavity wall in stretcher bond; pebbledashed and painted on 1st floor. Welsh
slate roof. House with linking range of offices and water tower attached to
rear. Domestic Revival style.
House: 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays with single-storey 1-bay side wings.
Central 2-leaf, 6-panel door, and fanlight with radiating glazing bars under
semicircular hood. Canted 5-sided bay windows on ground floor with 12- and
8-pane sashes. 12-pane sashes above. Dentil cornice. High hipped roof with 2
hipped dormers and tall corniced lateral stacks. Single-storey wings have
12-pane sashes; canted bay windows on returns.
Single-storey 6-bay linking range to rear has 12-pane sashes.
Tall, square water tower with cornice, large stone water spouts at corners and
tall parapet with scalloped top.
A good example of buildings for the enlightened approach to child care in the
early C20.
Listing NGR: NZ1558874096
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 238841
- 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
