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Nos 1 and 2, St Lawrence Court, with Attached Fences and Seats

A Grade II* Listed Building in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9761 / 54°58'34"N

Longitude: -1.574 / 1°34'26"W

OS Eastings: 427363

OS Northings: 564697

OS Grid: NZ273646

Mapcode National: GBR SVZ.7D

Mapcode Global: WHC3R.S6N1

Plus Code: 9C6WXCGG+F9

Entry Name: Nos 1 and 2, St Lawrence Court, with Attached Fences and Seats

Listing Date: 22 January 2007

Last Amended: 8 January 2010

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1392180

English Heritage Legacy ID: 499021

ID on this website: 101392180

Location: Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6

County: Newcastle upon Tyne

Electoral Ward/Division: Byker

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Byker St Michael with St Lawrence

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NZ2764NW SPIRES LANE
1833/27/10191 (off)
22-JAN-07 Nos 1 and 2, St Lawrence Court with
attached fences and seats

Formerly Listed as:
BYKER-GRACE LEE
1 and 2 St Lawrence Court, with attach
ed fences and seats


GV II*

Pair of houses. 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 timber frame, with unevenly cut green weatherboarding to rear elevations. Blue metal roofs with plywood box beam purlins. Two storeys. Projecting brown weatherboarded porches to front; plastic door hoods to rear. Vertical struts of white between first-floor windows, which are arranged as a continuous strip across the facade. Windows of timber, in timber surrounds with aluminium opening lights, mainly sliding. Glazed timber doors to no. 1; those to no. 2 renewed. No. 2 has single-storey projecting brick lean-to as part of the composition, with built-in seat. Interiors not inspected. Brown fences to front and green fences to rear an integral part of the composition, the latter with built-in semi-circular seating and table. St Lawrence Court occupies a prominent position between the perimeter wall, St Lawrence's Church and the children's play ground of Grace Lee.

HISTORY: see Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.

SOURCES: see Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.

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