Great North Museum, Hancock Museum Newcastle Building, Jesmond Project, Redevelopment
Great North Museum Newcastle : Jesmond Building
GNM: Architecture in north east England design by Terry Farrell Architects
20 May 2010
Great North Museum
Renewal + Extension Building
Dates of work: 2007-09
Design: Farrells with Purves Ash and Casson Mann
Location: Jesmond, Newcastle
building photo © Andrew Haslam
This building was previously known as the Hancock Museum
Date built: 1884
Status: Grade II-listed building
Approximate cost of renewal: £26m
Was due to open to the public on 23 May 2009
Hancock Museum
Address:
Great North Rd, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT
Phone:
0191 222 7418
According to the Great North Museum:
Our Mission
Inspire curiosity, learning and debate through a stimulating, innovative and provocative science and cultural engagement programme with cutting edge university research at its heart.
The £26m Great North Museum project is a partnership between Newcastle University, Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle City Council, the Natural History Society of Northumbria and the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The Great North Museum Library is open to the public and is located on the second floor of the Hancock. It houses three collections – the Library and Archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle University’s Cowen Library.
Location: Great North Rd, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT, Northeast England, UK
Newcastle Architecture
Contemporary Newcastle Buildings
Newcastle Architecture Designs – chronological list
Another building designed by Terry Farrell Architects in Newcastle:
building photo © Adrian Welch
Life Building Newcastle
British Buildings by Farrells – Selection
Woodhorn Colliery, Ashington, Northumberland
Design: RMJM Architects
Woodhorn Colliery
Sage Gateshead
Design: Foster + Partners
Newcastle Concert Hall
Terry Farrell Architect, UK
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Website: www.twmuseums.org.uk