1-12, WITH ATTACHED WALLS AND FENCES, FINCHALE TERRACE (See details for further address information)

A complex of 38 houses arranged as a square with surrounding terraces, built between 1976 and 1979 by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor, with Vernon Gracie as site architect. The structural engineer was White, Young and Partners, and the main contractor was Marshalls (Elland) Limited. A remedial and remodelling contract was undertaken between 1981 and 1983 under close Arkitektkontor supervision.

The buildings are of two storeys, constructed in buff and orange brick with weatherboarding on a timber frame, and feature green metal roofs supported on plywood box beam purlins.

Finchale Terrace forms two sides of the perimeter, with buff brick facing Raby Street and orange brick to the south. The eaves are clad in red and brown/bright green weatherboarding respectively. Nos. 1–7 have dark blue timber projecting porches under bright green sloping roofs. No. 9 has a large porch, while the rest of the terrace features bright green metal door hoods. Bird boxes are positioned at the end of no. 12, which also incorporates a timber carriage arch between nos. 1 and 2. Rear elevations are clad in pale blue weatherboarding with red doors and dark blue fences. A projecting brick bin store with a timber pergola roof incorporates fragments said to be from the former Newcastle Old Town Hall.

No. 12 creates a strong visual link with Glanton Close, a narrow courtyard of houses. No. 2 is attached to no. 6 Garmondsway, and no. 1 is attached to no. 8 Garmondsway. These houses feature green weatherboarding, with projecting brown porches to nos. 4–8 and bird boxes to nos. 1, 8 and 9. No. 1 Harbottle Street has brown weatherboarding.

The houses in Garmondsway have dark brown eaves, with full-height weatherboarding to two faces of no. 8. No. 6 has a projecting oriel with lighter brickwork beneath. Bird boxes are positioned on nos. 8, 10 and 18. Projecting porches with green roofs are found on nos. 14 and 16, while the remainder have green metal hoods.

No. 2 Lilburn Close has a projecting oriel and is attached to Garmondsway. The rest of Lilburn Close features bright green eaves with projecting brown weatherboarding and brick porches under green sloping roofs to nos. 6–14. A carriageway serves no. 4. All houses have timber windows in timber surrounds with aluminium opening lights, mainly sliding; timber doors with glazed panels, many of which have been renewed in hardwood.

This complex represents all that was completed of the Janet Street neighbourhood. After the contractors, Marshalls, failed to fulfil their contract and meet the exacting standards of Erskine's office, a remedial contract was let in 1981 to inspect the ties between the timber frame and brick cladding of the 28 completed houses. A further 12 houses were completed, and the remaining 90 uncompleted shells were demolished. The houses are now of the same high standard as the rest of the estate.