Urban Studies Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Railway station, urban studies centre.
Urban Studies Centre
- WRENN ID
- sharp-steel-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Railway station, urban studies centre
- Address
- Urban Studies Centre, Mulberry Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 276 621
- Coordinates
- 54.95294, -1.57002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Urban Studies Centre is a former railway station built in 1842 for the Brandling Junction Railway, and it was restored in 1978. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with quoins, and it features a roof made of Welsh slate with stone gable coping. It is a single-storey structure with two bays by two.
On the north elevation, there is a blind left bay, while the right side has a 4-centred arch with alternating block jambs leading to a boarded double door. The south elevation, which faces the railway lines, includes a projecting bay on the left that contains a tall three-light stone-mullioned window with a label mould above it. The gable peak over the window displays the Brandling Arms and the letters "BR." To the right of this bay, there is a blocked doorway under a 4-centred arch.
Historically, work on the railway began in 1836, and the first station on this site was constructed of wood.
Local climate
Urban Studies Centre receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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