1-7 Thornborrow House With Fences To Rear

Thornborrow House is a block of seven flats and maisonettes located in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. It was constructed between 1974 and 1976 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor, with Vernon Gracie as the site architect and structural engineering by White, Young and Partners. The building features pale modular metric brick on concrete block work cross walling. It has a distinctive projecting second-floor access gallery made of red-brown timber, supported by pre-cast cantilevers and covered with plastic sheet roofs. The roofs are blue metal with plywood box beam purlins.

This L-shaped block is three storeys high. The maisonettes, which are accessed from the ground floor, have red metal door hoods, while a larger hood covers the entrance to the upper units located at the outer corner. Most doors have been replaced with hardwood. The windows are made of timber within timber subframes, featuring aluminium opening lights, primarily sliding. The access gallery includes brown timber balustrading and has projecting planting boxes. The interiors have not been inspected. At the rear of the maisonettes, there are green and brown fences.