2-8, RABY CROSS is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 2007. A Contemporary Post office. 2 related planning applications.
2-8, RABY CROSS
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-hearth-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 2007
- Type
- Post office
- Period
- Contemporary
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NZ2764SW RABY CROSS 1833/31/10148 BYKER 22-JAN-07 (West side) 2-8
II* Post office. 1976-8 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor; site architect Vernon Gracie; structural engineer, White, Young and Partners; main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Pale metric modular brick on timber frame, with blue cladding to first floor, and red ground-floor weatherboarding under shop windows. Blue metal roof on plywood box beam purlins. Single storey under deep eaves. Timber windows. Interior not of special interest. The block is a striking feature at the entrance to the Raby Cross shopping area, the district shopping area developed at the southern end of the Byker estate because of its relative distance from the main shops on Shields Road.
HISTORY: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
SOURCES: see under Nos 1-75 Dunn Terrace.
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