{"id":2966,"date":"2021-06-02T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2021-06-09T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:57:12","slug":"king-edward-vii-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/king-edward-vii-building\/","title":{"rendered":"King Edward VII Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The King Edward VII\u00a0building\u00a0forms part of the east and south parts of the Quadrangle\u00a0at Newcastle University.\u00a0The building was named in honour of King Edward VII who was King of Britain from 1901 until his death in 1910.\u00a0It\u00a0was built in 1911\u00a0to house\u00a0the King Edward VII school of Art and is still where the Fine Art Department and the University\u2019s public art gallery, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/the-hatton-gallery\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/the-hatton-gallery\/\">Hatton Gallery<\/a>,\u00a0are housed today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/5-1.jpg 587w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/5-1-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption>Views of the front steps and entrance foyer of the King Edward VII building close to the time of its completion, Newcastle University Archives, Newcastle University Special Collections, GB 186<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The south section of the\u00a0King Edward VII\u00a0building adjoins <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/the-arches\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/the-arches\/\">the Arches<\/a>, over which there is a statue of King Edward VII.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/6.jpg 679w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2021\/06\/6-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>The Arches leading to the Quadrangle 1960,  NUA\/007036\/1, Newcastle University Archives, Newcastle University Special Collections, GB 186<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the First World\u00a0War\u00a0the\u00a0King Edward VII\u00a0building was\u00a0requisitioned to house the First Northern General hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk\/\">CollectionsCaptured<\/a> to see more photographs of Newcastle University campus from the University Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-Curate (no date) <em>King Edward VII Building<\/em>. Available at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/co-curate.ncl.ac.uk\/king-edward-vii-building-newcastle-university\/#:~:text=The%20King%20Edward%20VII%20Building%20at%20Newcastle%20University,now%20hosts%20the%20Hatton%20Gallery%20and%20Fine%20Art.\" target=\"_blank\">King Edward VII Building, Newcastle University | Co-Curate (ncl.ac.uk)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more about the history of Newcastle University campus? Why not explore all the articles in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/category\/campus-tour\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/category\/campus-tour\/\">Campus Tour blog series<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King Edward VII\u00a0building\u00a0forms part of the east and south parts of the Quadrangle\u00a0at Newcastle University.\u00a0The building was named in honour of King Edward VII who was King of Britain from 1901 until his death in 1910.\u00a0It\u00a0was built in 1911\u00a0to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2021\/06\/02\/king-edward-vii-building\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[716],"tags":[718],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-tour","tag-campustour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}