Tynegate Office Precinct

HER Number

9661

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Tynegate Office Precinct

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Commercial Office

Site Type: Specific

Commercial Office

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Typical of 1960s planning. Of eight planned multi-storey office blocks, only three were built 1967-70. Designed by Hubert Ford & Partners.

Easting

425900

Northing

562740

Grid Reference

NZ425900562740

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 289; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 41