Newcastle University, Robinson Library

HER Number

9770

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle University, Robinson Library

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Art and Education Venue

Site Type: Specific

Library

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

1980-2 by Faulkner Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor. Dark red brick. Slit windows set diagonally to filter the light. Officially opened 29th June 1983 by Duke of Northumberland.

Easting

424970

Northing

565230

Grid Reference

NZ424970565230

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 452; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 40