Newcastle and Gateshead Grace McCombie

This book offers a lively and authoritative survey of the buildings of Tyneside, from the medieval castle and cathedral at Newcastle to the spectacular buildings spearheading the renaissance of Gateshead on the river's south bank. Both urban centres are explored in a series of walks, including the magnificent 1830s replanning of Newcastle, comparable in quality and ambition to anything in Georgian Edinburgh or Bath. The famous Tyne bridges also receive detailed treatment, with other historic engineering structures from this consistently rewarding and surprising area. A selection of suburban walks is included, together with excursions to Anglo-Saxon Jarrow, medieval Tynemouth, and the celebrated Angel of the North. The book is illustrated throughout with specially commissioned photographs, maps, and historic views.

Grace McCombie is an independent architectural historian and co-author of the Pevsner Architectural Guides' Northumberland volume. She has worked for English Heritage and the University of Newcastle, and has researched the buildings of the area for many years.

‘This book makes a visit to Tyneside breezy and fun, but it is underpinned by solid scholarship and, in places, surpasses its forerunner…This is a refreshing book, which has appeared not a moment too soon.’ -Lindsey Shaw-Miller, The Art Book

"Both volumes are written by local experts with critical understanding, are beautifully illustrated, and will enhance any visit to these great cities" —Context

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