Description

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NZ2764SW AYTON RISE
1833/31/10159 Byker
22-JAN-07 Nos. 1-59, with attached walls and fen
ces

GV II*

Six terraces of houses. 1978-81 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Fairclough Buildings Ltd. Red brick, with brown weatherboarded end walls to north, white weatherboarding to south; concrete tiled roofs of Marley Modern tiles. One-two storeys, split-level-houses on side of steeply sloping hill, so that the kitchen windows on the north-east side are at ground level, and with prominent triangular staircase windows. Little metal bird boxes on either end. Timber windows in timber surrounds with aluminium opening lights; timber doors with glazed panel, some renewed in hardwood. Interiors not inspected. The timber fences, particularly at the ends where they continue the slope of the weatherboarding, are an integral part of the composition.

HISTORY: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.

SOURCES: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace,

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553010

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper