Jesmond Towers, classrooms

HER Number

14790

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Towers, classrooms

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

Schoolroom

Site Type: Specific

Classroom

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Single storey. Part timbered, pebble dashed. Features folding sliding panelled and glazed partitions between the classrooms and a parquet floor. High ceilings. The classrooms are spacious and light. The slate roof has a bell cote/cupola. A report (August 2010) on the bell has been produced by Howard EJ Smith, bell advisor for the Newcastle Diocese. The bell was cast by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon in 1922. It is 16 inches in diameter and weighs between 70 and 90 pounds. It has no inscription on it but it has the date 1922 and decoration.

Easting

425280

Northing

567160

Grid Reference

NZ425280567160

Sources

Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 73-74; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording