Citadel East, Amberley Building

HER Number:
15123

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Citadel East, Amberley Building

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Government Office

Site Type: Specific:
Local Government Office

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
1967 by Ryder and Yates for Northumberland County Council. Two high-rise office blocks, the first part of the Citadel, the new town centre of Killingworth Township. Six floors were raised above the pedestrian deck, which served the shopping centre and was linked by a pedestrian bridge to the housing estate. The Amberley Building was constructed of steel and concrete with a flat glass façade. The windows did not need to open because there was air conditioning. The window glass and the aluminium enamelled spandrel panels were brown. The 15m high black columns, split by a central rainwater pipe, extended up to the second floor. The boiler house was buried under an earthern mound and was marked by the three white chimneys and two rectangular conning towers. The building was demolished in the late 1990s.

Easting:
427890

Northing:
571320

Grid Reference:
NZ427890571320

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Rutter Carroll, 2009, Ryder and Yates - Twentieth Century Architects, pp 95-97; Evening Chronicle, 19 September 1966, Killingworths captures big City firm; Architect and Building News, 17 September 1970, System of cutain glazing