Students' Union

The Students' Union building, dated 1924 on its tower, was designed by Cackett, Burns, Dick and McKellar for Armstrong College, which later became King's College, University of Durham, and is now part of Newcastle University. It is constructed of bright red brick featuring diaper work, with ashlar quoins and dressings. The building is designed in the Jacobethan style and has a basement and three storeys, arranged in an E-plan with a 1:7:1 bay configuration. The outer bays project forward, while the inner return contains three bays.

A prominent four-storey tower at the center features a keyed open arch in a Roman Doric porch supported by paired pilasters, topped with a parapet displaying coats of arms. The windows are stone mullioned and transomed, with irregular-block jambs, and include full-height canted bays with six lights at the projecting ends. Each floor is adorned with cornices, and the parapet is embellished with diabolo balusters. A small square turret with obelisk finials crowns the building, along with a high domed lantern topped by a ball and weather vane finial.