Tyne and Wear HER(8950): Royal Victoria Infirmary, Peacock Hall (admin) - Details
8950
Newcastle
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Peacock Hall (admin)
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Health and Welfare
Hospital Building
Hospital Building
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Extant Building
This building was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Hospital offices. Foundation stone 1900 by Prince of Wales; building 1901-1906. By W. L. Newcombe and Percy Adams, after consultation with-Sir A. Waterhouse. Sandstone ashlar ground floor, central pavilion, and central sections of end pavilions; remainder bright red brick with ashlar dressings. Roof of graduated Lakeland slate. 3 storeys and attics; 17 bays in all, with 3-bay centre and end pavilions. Central porte-cochere. Pilasters to pavilions with central top pediments, segmental over entrance bay. End pavilions have ground-floor central canted bay windows. All windows stone mullioned and transomed with leaded lights. 3 flat- headed dormers to each outer section; central attic in stone surround continuous with linking coped parapet. High roof, hipped over pavilions, with central lantern and high ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. Interior shows groined inner porch with 4 bronze commemorative plaques, recording gifts from Lord and Lady Armstrong and others;. Entrance hall and gallery panelled with inlay, in Baroque style; much flower decoration in stucco frieze and ceiling.'
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Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 15/473; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 136-7; The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne: Official Souvenir on the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1107175