Description

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NZ2764NW SPIRES LANE
1833/27/10190 Byker
22-JAN-07 (East side)
1-7 Thornborrow House, with fences to
rear

GV II*

Block of seven flats and maisonettes. 1974-6 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor Shepherd Construction Limited. Pale modular metric brick on concrete block work cross walling with projecting second floor access gallery of red-brown timber supported on pre-cast cantilevers and sheltered by plastic sheet roofs; blue metal roofs with plywood box beam purlins. `L'-shaped block of three storeys. Maisonettes entered from the ground floor have red metal door hoods, with larger hood over larger entrance to upper units, which is placed on the outer corner; doors mainly renewed in hardwood. Windows of timber in timber subframes with aluminium opening lights, mainly sliding. Access gallery with brown timber balustrading and incorporating projecting planting boxes. Interiors not inspected. Green and brown fences to rear of maisonettes.

HISTORY: see Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.

SOURCES: see Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553162

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets