Northumberland Road, Army Riding School

HER Number

6251

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Northumberland Road, Army Riding School

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Riding School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Army riding school for the Northumberland Yeomanry, later City of Newcastle Employees Club, 1849. Attributed to John Dobson. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Pedimented gable end to street has 3 tall arched recesses with long keystones. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

425040

Northing

564750

Grid Reference

NZ425040564750

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 88-89; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 193