Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 2007. Terrace of houses.

Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences

WRENN ID
riven-arch-summer
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 2007
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences, Commercial Road
OS grid reference
NZ 272 641
Coordinates
54.97154, -1.57581
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1-23 and attached fences Nos. 2-12 are three terraces of houses built between 1978 and 1981 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor, with Vernon Gracie as the site architect and White, Young and Partners as the structural engineer. Fairclough Buildings Ltd was the main contractor. The street frontages are made of red brick, while the garden fronts are buff brick, featuring blue weatherboarded eaves facing Oban Gardens. The roofs are covered with concrete Marley Modern tiles. The houses are two storeys tall and are situated on a steeply sloping site, stepping down in groups of three. They have timber windows with timber surrounds and aluminium opening lights, as well as timber doors with glazed panels, some of which have been replaced with hardwood. These doors are sheltered by red, green, and blue metal hoods. Bird boxes are located at each step of the terraces. The interiors have not been inspected, and the blue fences are an integral part of the overall design.

Local climate

Nos. 1-23, and Attached Fences Nos. 2-12, and Attached Fences 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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