Council Offices (Department Of Architectural Services) is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Council office, former school.

Council Offices (Department Of Architectural Services)

WRENN ID
sombre-terrace-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1983
Type
Council office, former school
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. BENSHAM ROAD 5099 (north side)

Council Offices NZ 2563 NZ 2562 5 & 7/56 (Department of Architectural Services)

II and No 70

  1. Former Windmill Hills Schools. Northern part now Council Offices. 1879, dated on plaque on playground front. Red brick, high pitched Welsh slate roof. Two tall storeys. Slightly irregular five-gabled front with string courses. Tall windows with gauged brick arches and fluted keystones. Two entrances, each having twin round arches of shaped bricks resting on squat columns. Two cupolas, one crowning a square tower. Two storey outer wings. On the road front, the outer gables are shaped in the Flemish manner.

Listing NGR: NZ2525662987

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