Tyne and Wear HER(8729): University Quadrangle, former library - Details
8729
Newcastle
University Quadrangle, former library
Newcastle
NZ26NW
Recreational
Art and Education Venue
Library
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Extant Building
This building was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Library, now university club. 1926 by A. Dunbar Smith. English bond brick with diaper work; ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Basement and one high storey; 3 bays, the outer ones projecting, and set-back right entrance bay. Square-headed double door in architrave. 7-light stone mullioned-and-transomed canted bay windows in wide bays. Floor and eaves strings. Moulded coping to parapet. Hipped roof has central ventilator with ogee octagonal dome and ball finial.'
From 1926 the library incorporated the library of the College of Medicine. In 1960 an extension was completed and opened facing Claremont Road. Present Library (Robinson) opened in 1982.
424670
565130
NZ424670565130
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/553; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024760