Gates, Lodges and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1999. Gates and railings. 8 related planning applications.

Gates, Lodges and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary

WRENN ID
leaning-hearth-jay
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
15 November 1999
Type
Gates and railings
Address
Gates, Lodges and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, NE1 4LP
OS grid reference
NZ 245 648
Coordinates
54.97794, -1.6185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, lodges, and railings at the Royal Victoria Infirmary were built between 1900 and 1905, with some minor alterations made in the 20th century. They are constructed from red brick with ashlar dressings, featuring slate roofs and iron railings and gates. The design was created by architects W L Newcombe and Percy Adams.

The south lodge has a square cross plan and is a single storey structure with an ashlar plinth, a moulded ashlar eaves band, a cornice, and a parapet. It has a hipped slate roof with a central brick and ashlar chimney stack. The east and west fronts of the lodge feature central pilaster porticoes with three sash windows each. The main north front is distinguished by a full portico supported by four columns.

An iron pedestrian gate connects the lodge to a square gate pier. There is also an iron gate linked to this lodge, along with a brick gate pier. The attached railings extend along Queen Victoria Street and include another set of gates. These railings continue along Richardson Road and the passage to the north of the hospital site. They consist of plain spearhead iron railings set on low brick walls with chamfered ashlar coping. The regularly spaced piers are made of four thick iron sections topped with ornate domed lanterns.

Local climate

Gates, Lodges and Railings at Royal Victoria Infirmary 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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