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Latitude: 55.0611 / 55°3'39"N
Longitude: -1.7575 / 1°45'26"W
OS Eastings: 415588
OS Northings: 574096
OS Grid: NZ155740
Mapcode National: GBR J95X.9J
Mapcode Global: WHC38.Z18X
Plus Code: 9C7W366V+C2
Entry Name: Block 13
Listing Date: 22 August 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1178626
English Heritage Legacy ID: 238841
ID on this website: 101178626
Location: Northumberland, NE20
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ponteland
Built-Up Area: Smallburn
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Ponteland St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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PONTELAND NORTHUMBRIA POLICE H.Q.
NZ 17 SE
17/347 Block 13
GV II
Superintendent's House of cottage homes for children. 1903 by Leeson for the
Newcastle Board of Guardians. Now Police Headquarters and college.
Cavity wall in stretcher bond; pebbledashed and painted on 1st floor. Welsh
slate roof. House with linking range of offices and water tower attached to
rear. Domestic Revival style.
House: 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays with single-storey 1-bay side wings.
Central 2-leaf, 6-panel door, and fanlight with radiating glazing bars under
semicircular hood. Canted 5-sided bay windows on ground floor with 12- and
8-pane sashes. 12-pane sashes above. Dentil cornice. High hipped roof with 2
hipped dormers and tall corniced lateral stacks. Single-storey wings have
12-pane sashes; canted bay windows on returns.
Single-storey 6-bay linking range to rear has 12-pane sashes.
Tall, square water tower with cornice, large stone water spouts at corners and
tall parapet with scalloped top.
A good example of buildings for the enlightened approach to child care in the
early C20.
Listing NGR: NZ1558874096
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