Tyne and Wear HER(9763): Newcastle University, Bedson Building - Details
9763
Newcastle
Newcastle University, Bedson Building
Newcastle
NZ26NW NZ26SW
Education
Faculty Building
Modern
C20
Extant Building
Now the School of Chemistry, Planned 1939 completed stage 1 1949 and stage 2 1959 by W.B. Edwards & Partners. Simple modern design of four storeys, the top one recessed behind a canopy roof. Named the Bedson Building in 1983 after P P Bedson, Professor of Chemistry 1882-1921. The building also houses part of the Geology Department.
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N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 451