47A, Percy Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Military structure. 2 related planning applications.
47A, Percy Gardens
- WRENN ID
- guardian-balcony-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Military structure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TYNEMOUTH PERCY GARDENS (west side) NZ 36 NE Tynemouth 8/107 No. 47A G.V. II Look-out post and gun emplacements. Circa 1916, for the army . Reinforced concrete 7-storey tower with gun emplacement on roof. Plain boarded door in blank north face with raised corners. Main south front has 6-sided windows in round bays on 4 upper floors. Interior shows concrete stair with iron handrail from ground floor to roof space, trap-door to roof now blocked. Historical note: supposed to have been built after German bombardment of the north-east coast, as a fall-of-shot tower and for range-finding of guns of Tynemouth Battery.
Listing NGR: NZ3703269880
Detailed Attributes
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