Newcastle University, Robinson Library

HER Number:
9770

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle University, Robinson Library

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW NZ26NE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Library

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
2497

Northing:
6523

Grid Reference:
NZ24976523

Lats/Lons:

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