Sir James Knott Memorial Flats, Tynemouth
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Description
"Knott’s Flats is an enormous building which looms like a Castle over the infamous ship-wrecking reef in the Tyne estuary, Black Middens. This colossal block, which stands six storeys tall and snakes almost 900 feet from west to east, was built in the 1930s, thanks to funds left by Sir James Knott, to house families displaced by slum clearance around the Fish Quay. Completed in 1938, Knott’s Flats featured the use of fire-resistant materials throughout, unusual for those days, and the huge cellars designed as air raid shelters; they were probably the first-ever flats to be built with special features to help tenants withstand air raids." Photo by David Dixon, 2019. -
Owner
David Dixon -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6463237
Resource type: Image
Added by: Peter Smith
Last modified: 3 years, 4 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2019-04-29 -
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