Newcastle University, Robinson Library

HER Number:
9770

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle University, Robinson Library

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW NZ26NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Art and Education Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Library

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
1980-2 by Faulkner Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor. Dark red brick. Slit windows set diagonally to filter the light. Officially opened 29th June 1983 by Duke of Northumberland.

Easting:
424970

Northing:
565230

Grid Reference:
NZ424970565230

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 452; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 40