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Latitude: 54.9745 / 54°58'28"N
Longitude: -1.5745 / 1°34'28"W
OS Eastings: 427336
OS Northings: 564513
OS Grid: NZ273645
Mapcode National: GBR SVX.VX
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.S7FB
Plus Code: 9C6WXCFG+Q6
Entry Name: Lychgate Infront of St Lawrence's School
Listing Date: 15 September 2009
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1393440
English Heritage Legacy ID: 505579
ID on this website: 101393440
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
Tagged with: Lychgate
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
1833/0/10266 BYKER
15-SEP-09 LYCHGATE INFRONT OF ST LAWRENCE'S SCHOOL
GV II*
Lychgate, by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie.Cast iron and timber slats.
Two metal uprights with ornamental brackets incorporating 6 pointed stars and scrollwork. These support a timber frame with a simple concave pitched roof of wooden slats in `Byker style'. The metalwork supporting the roof of the lychgate is said to come from the local Victorian railway station which was demolished at the time of the Byker development.
HISTORY: See under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace
SOURCES: Tyne and Wear Archives; Architectural Review, December 1974, pp.346-62; Mats Egelius, Ralph Erskine, Architect, Stockholm 1990, pp.148-60; M Drague Byker: Surprising the Colleagues for 35 Years - A Social History of Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor AB in Newcastle in E Harwood and A Powers (eds) Newcastle in Housing the C20 Nation (Twentieth Century Architecture), p155-6; P Derham pers comm July 2008.
The Lychgate in front of St Lawrence's School is designated for the following principal reasons:
* It forms an integral part of the original design concept
* It has strong group value with the surrounding estate
* It is a striking feature designed in the distinctive `Byker Style'
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