School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (Former School of Bacteriology) is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 2000. A 20th century School.
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (Former School of Bacteriology)
- WRENN ID
- young-clay-sparrow
- 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
- 19 June 2000
- Type
- School
- Address
- School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (Former School of Bacteriology), University Quadrangle
- OS grid reference
- NZ 247 651
- Coordinates
- 54.98007, -1.61559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former School of Bacteriology, now known as the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, was built between 1922 and 1923. It was designed by the architectural firm Knowles, Oliver & Leeson for Armstrong College. The building is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs, featuring raised coped ashlar gables. It is two storeys tall with an attic.
The main front of the building has five windows and includes a deep plinth and a projecting ashlar cornice supported by carved corbels. The central bay projects slightly and is topped with a curved gable. There is a central moulded four-centred arched doorway with double panel doors, which is adorned with an ornate ashlar hood mould that features five blind tracery arches. Above this doorway is a tall 9-light cross casement staircase window set in a moulded ashlar surround, and above in the gable is a small fixed light. Flanking the central bay are two six-light cross mullion windows, and above these are two taller windows with four-centred heads. The building has a plain brick parapet with moulded ashlar coping, and on either side, there are two hipped roof dormer windows.
Inside, there is a reconstituted stone staircase with a woven cast iron balustrade and an oak handrail.
Local climate
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (Former School of Bacteriology) 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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