Shipley Art Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1982. Gallery. 16 related planning applications.
Shipley Art Gallery
- WRENN ID
- guardian-landing-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1982
- Type
- Gallery
- Address
- Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, NE8 4JB
- OS grid reference
- NZ 256 617
- Coordinates
- 54.94988, -1.60048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shipley Art Gallery, built between 1914 and 1917 and dated 1915 on the frieze, was designed by Arthur Stockwell. This building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof in an adapted classical style. The prominent porch, which is one tall storey, has rusticated side walls and is supported by four Corinthian columns in antis. The entablature above includes a modillioned and dentilled cornice, topped with a central balustraded parapet. On either side of the porch, taller plinths hold life-size sculptured groups representing teachers and children. Inside the porch, arcading frames a central window and flanking doors.
The gallery also includes one-storey, bow-ended side wings that feature quoins, an entablature, and a balustraded parapet. The design of the tall central and lower wings is echoed in the main spaces behind, which are similarly detailed with pilasters, an entablature, and balustraded parapets.
Local climate
Shipley Art Gallery receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 16 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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