Broadcasting House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Hospital, offices, studios.
Broadcasting House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-zinc-tide
- 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
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Hospital, offices, studios
- Address
- Broadcasting House, New Bridge Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 251 644
- Coordinates
- 54.97436, -1.60872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Broadcasting House is a maternity hospital built in 1826 by John Dobson, now serving as BBC offices and studios. The land for the building was donated by the Corporation of Newcastle. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar with coursed squared stone on the returns and rear, topped with a low-pitched dark slate roof. The building features two storeys and is arranged in a Tudor style with three by seven bays. The wide central bay is recessed and has a Tudor-arched surround leading to a renewed door, with a corbelled oriel above that includes Perpendicular tracery. The flanking bays contain two-light windows below, with canopied panels on brackets above; all windows and canopies are cusped. Additional architectural details include label moulds, an eaves string, and a coped parapet. Notably, Dobson provided his services free of charge, while other expenses were covered by public subscription.
Local climate
Broadcasting House 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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