Royal Victoria Infirmary, gates, lodges, railings
Royal Victoria Infirmary, gates, lodges, railings
HER Number
9241
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Royal Victoria Infirmary, gates, lodges, railings
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Railings
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This wall was listed Grade II in 1999 with the following description:
'Alternatively known as: Gates and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary, RICHARDSON ROAD Lodge, gates and railings. 1900-05 with minor C20 alterations. Red brick with ashlar dressings slate roofs and iron railings and gates. Designed by W L Newcombe and Percy Adams. South lodge has square cross plan, single storey with ashlar plinth and moulded ashlar eaves band cornice and parapet. Hipped slate roof with central brick and ashlar stack. East and west fronts have central pilaster porticoes with 3 sash windows. Main north front has full 4 columned portico. Iron pedestrian gate links lodge to square gate pier. Linked to this lodge is iron gate and brick gate pier. Attached railings stretch along Queen Victoria Street with a further set of gates. The railings continue along Richardson Road and also along the passage to the north of the hospital site. These railings are plain spearhead iron railings set on low brick walling with chamfered ashlar coping, the regularly spaced piers are made up of 4 thick iron capped with ornate domed laterns.'
'Alternatively known as: Gates and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary, RICHARDSON ROAD Lodge, gates and railings. 1900-05 with minor C20 alterations. Red brick with ashlar dressings slate roofs and iron railings and gates. Designed by W L Newcombe and Percy Adams. South lodge has square cross plan, single storey with ashlar plinth and moulded ashlar eaves band cornice and parapet. Hipped slate roof with central brick and ashlar stack. East and west fronts have central pilaster porticoes with 3 sash windows. Main north front has full 4 columned portico. Iron pedestrian gate links lodge to square gate pier. Linked to this lodge is iron gate and brick gate pier. Attached railings stretch along Queen Victoria Street with a further set of gates. The railings continue along Richardson Road and also along the passage to the north of the hospital site. These railings are plain spearhead iron railings set on low brick walling with chamfered ashlar coping, the regularly spaced piers are made up of 4 thick iron capped with ornate domed laterns.'
Easting
424540
Northing
565270
Grid Reference
NZ424540565270
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/13/10111; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1379638