1-18 With Attached Garden Fences
1-18 WITH ATTACHED GARDEN FENCES, 1-18, RUDDOCK SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1392143
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jan-2007
- List Entry Name:
- 1-18 With Attached Garden Fences
- Statutory Address:
- 1-18 WITH ATTACHED GARDEN FENCES, 1-18, RUDDOCK SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1392143
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jan-2007
- List Entry Name:
- 1-18 With Attached Garden Fences
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1-18 WITH ATTACHED GARDEN FENCES, 1-18, RUDDOCK SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 1-18 WITH ATTACHED GARDEN FENCES, 1-18, RUDDOCK SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 27110 64007, NZ 27127 63988, NZ 27128 64016, NZ 27146 63998
Details
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NZ2764SW RUDDOCK SQUARE 1833/31/10155 Byker 22-JAN-07 1-18 with attached garden fences
GV II* Square formed of four terraces of houses and some flats. 1976-8 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Buff metric modular brick on timber frame, with red and orange brick to corner blocks and to Bolam Way. Monopitch metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys. All houses save for Nos. 4 and 5, which form a prominent corner to Raby Street, denoted by projecting first-floor timber oriel and orange brick end wall. Bird boxes to Nos. 3 and 4, and projecting dark timber porches. Courtyard elevations have brown weatherboarding, projecting porches to Nos. 9 and 12. The other houses with metal door hoods. Timber windows in timber surrounding with aluminium opening lights, mainly sliding; timber doors with glazed panel, many renewed in hardwood. Nos. 1-4 have raised gardens on brick walls, as have rear of Nos. 5 and 6, with timber pergola. Nos. 7-14 have projecting brick and blue weatherboarded porches to Bolam Way, under green metal roofs and with red doors. Nos. 14-18 continue the perimeter line formed by Cushat Close and Merle Gardens, with to Bolam Way red brick, dark weatherboarded eaves defined by red vertical bands, and end bird box to no. 15. Carriageway arch formed by timber heating pipe casing links Nos. 15 and 14. Similar link by means of timber casing links Nos. 18 and 1. Ruddock Square forms the south-west corner of the Byker development.
HISTORY: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
SOURCES: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 498961
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Egelius, M, Ralph Erskine Architect, (1990), 148-160
Architectural Review in December, (1974), 346-362
Architectural Design in June, (1975), 333
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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