Newcastle, University Quadrangle, former library

HER Number:
8729

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, University Quadrangle, former library

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Library

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

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. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2467

Northing:
6513

Grid Reference:
NZ24676513

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/553