Lodge to Victoria School for the Blind is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Lodge.
Lodge to Victoria School for the Blind
- WRENN ID
- white-shingle-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge to Victoria School for the Blind, Benwell Lane
- OS grid reference
- NZ 212 643
- Coordinates
- 54.97288, -1.66918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lodge to Victoria School for the Blind, built in 1865 by Alfred Waterhouse for Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, is a single-storey structure located on the south side of Benwell Lane in Newcastle upon Tyne. Constructed from hammer-dressed snecked sandstone, it features an ashlar plinth and dressings, along with a graduated dark slate roof that has stone gable copings. The building consists of one bay and includes a left porch.
A canted bay window with a hipped roof is present, topped by a pierced roundel in the gable peak. The windows have shouldered chamfers, while the porch contains a plain chamfered window. The left side of the porch features a shouldered surround for the door, which is situated under a gable. The roof is adorned with clove finials, although the one at the front is damaged. A tall chimney with a coped ridge and open top panels completes the design.
Local climate
Lodge to Victoria School for the Blind receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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