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Newcastle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1] Designed by George Kenyon, [2] the centre was built for Newcastle City Council in 1967 and formally opened by King Olav V of Norway on 14 November 1968. [3]
Newcastle City Centre skyline Newcastle City Centre panorama. Newcastle City Centre is the city centre district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the historical heart of the city and serves as the main cultural and commercial centre of the North East England region. The city centre forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation. The city ...
Many of the tallest buildings and structures in Newcastle can be found in the city centre, for example the Tyne Bridge at left above. This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne ranks skyscrapers and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, by height and doesn't include structures in neighbouring Gateshead.
The River God Tyne Newcastle Civic Centre: 1968: David Wynne: George Kenyon: Wall mounted bronze statue Grade II* [23] [2] [3] [4] More images: Swans in Flight Newcastle Civic Centre: 1968: David Wynne: George Kenyon: Bronze statues Grade II* [23] [2] [3] [4] Seahorse Heads Top of Civic Centre tower: 1968: JRM McCheyne: George Kenyon
George Kenyon was a British architect, who worked as City Architect for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. He designed the Newcastle Civic Centre in the 1950s, which was completed in 1967. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was given ' Grade II* listed' (the second-highest possible) designation in November 1995, making it legally protected from unauthorised ...
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
Newcastle Civic Centre, 1969. The Mansion House was gifted to the city in 1953, [60] and Newcastle City Council moved to the new Newcastle Civic Centre in 1968. [61] As heavy industries declined in the second half of the 20th century, large sections of the city centre were demolished along with many areas of slum housing.
Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. Newcastle has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council.