Kenton Bar Estate – Your Heritage

Friends,

whilst we while away the time reading this informative blog and having a laugh let me remind you of why the blog exists.

Kenton Bar Estate was the creative work of a famous pair of architects Peter Ryder and Gordon Yates. See these links for further details about this partnership:-

• Peter Yates
• Gordon Ryder

Kenton Bar is a housing estate that is part of Kenton Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is situated next to North Kenton, Cragston Park and Cowgate.

It was constructed shortly after 1966 and comprises both housing and flats with their distinctive flat roof design.

The estate had one famous landmark called the Kenton Bar Pyramid or "pyrry." It was a concrete pyramid with a water feature based in the local shopping centre. Few ever saw the feature working as it was poorly designed and eventually the local authority gave up. It was possible to climb the pyramid by rubbing tar onto the soles of trainers and other shoes. This was a favourite pursuit in the early 80's as tar was readily available as the local authority looked to patch up the flat and often leaking roof tops on the estate.

Kenton Bar Estate has 18 street names as follows:-

Hazeldene Avenue Fawlee Green Ryal Walk Apperley Avenue Beal Green Byrness Close Mallowburn Crescent Studdon Walk Hartburn Walk Reestones Place Hazeley Grove Hazely Way Thirston Way Laverock Place Fourstone Closes Dunnykirk Avenue Eland Close Gunnerstone Grove