Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences
NOS. 1-23, AND ATTACHED FENCES, OBAN GARDENS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1392151
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jan-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences
- Statutory Address:
- NOS. 1-23, AND ATTACHED FENCES, OBAN GARDENS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1392151
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jan-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS. 1-23, AND ATTACHED FENCES, OBAN GARDENS
- Statutory Address 2:
- NOS. 2-12, AND ATTACHED FENCES, COMMERCIAL ROAD
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:
- NOS. 1-23, AND ATTACHED FENCES, OBAN GARDENS
- Statutory Address:
- NOS. 2-12, AND ATTACHED FENCES, COMMERCIAL ROAD
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 27222 64160, NZ 27231 64187, NZ 27253 64184
Details
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NZ2764SW OBAN GARDENS 1833/31/10161 Byker 22-JAN-07 Nos. 1-23, and attached fences COMMERCIAL ROAD Byker (South side) Nos. 2-12, and attached fences
GV II*
Three terraces of houses. 1978-81 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Fairclough Buildings Ltd. Red brick to street frontages, buff brick to garden fronts, with blue weatherboarded eaves to Oban Gardens. Concrete Marley Modern tiled roofs. Two storeys on steeply sloping site. Timber windows in timber surrounds with aluminium opening lights; timber doors with glazed panel, some renewed in hardwood, under red, green and blue metal hoods. The houses stepped down the steep slope in threes, with bird boxes at each step. Interiors not inspected. Blue fences an integral part of the composition.
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:
- 498967
- 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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