1-11 With Kerbs To Front And Fences To Rear

NZ2764NW WINSHIP TERRACE 1833/27/10189 BYKER 22-JAN-07 (Northwest side) 1-11 1-11 WITH KERBS TO FRONT AND FENCES TO REAR

GV II* Staggered and stepped terrace of eleven houses. 1974-6 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor Shepherd Construction Limited. Pale brick and uneven green weatherboarding on timber frames, under shallow double-pitched metal roofs with plywood box beam purlins and red weatherboarded eaves. Two storeys, with sharp bend between nos. 7 and 8, the former with projecting first-floor brown timber balcony in extra bay to left, the latter set back. White vertical struts between first-floor windows and red weatherboarded eaves. Projecting downpipes from the deep eaves a feature of the composition, particularly of nos. 5 and 6. Full-height weatherboarding to nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11 and front of no. 9. Blue gables to sides where terrace steps down hill. Doors with glazed panels, some renewed in hardwood. Windows of timber in timber subframes with aluminium opening lights, mainly sliding, no. 5 renewed. Interiors not inspected. Granite kerbs to front from streets previously on the site; brown fences between houses and to rear. Forms a major thoroughfare with the terrace on Spires Lane (q.v.)

HISTORY: See under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace

SOURCES: See under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace