Tyne and Wear HER(9223): Newcastle, University Quadrangle, Fine Art Department - Details
9223
Newcastle
Newcastle, University Quadrangle, Fine Art Department
Newcastle
NZ26NW
Education
Training School
Art School
Modern
C20
Extant Building
College of art. 1911 by W.H. Knowles for Armstrong College. Dark red brick with
ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Tudor style. L-plan. Basement and one
storey with one further storey set back; right return breaking forward has basement
and 2 storeys. 3 irregular bays and 3 in return. Steps up to doorcase at right, of
paired Ionic columns and open segmental pediment with Royal Arms; double door and
fanlight with glazing bars. 2-light cusped windows flank door; similar-style canted
bay at left end. Battlemented parapet to ground floor; gabled bay, above and set
back from entrance, has stone mullioned-and-transomed windows under drip mould.
Steeply-pitched roof has octagonal lantern with ogee dome and tall spike finial.
Ornamented rainwater heads. Wing breaking forward at right has stone mullioned-and-
transomed windows, octagonal stair turret with hipped roof and terra cotta ball
finial. LISTED GRADE 2
2474
6507
NZ24746507
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/555; North of England Civic Trust, January 2013, The Hatton Gallery within The King Edward VII Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Statement; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Fine Art Building, Newcastle Univsersity - archaeological assessment