Structure Name: St James' Park

Description:
 

The stands of St James' Park are constructed from a structural steel frame with pre-cast concrete floors, stairs and terraces. Stretching around two sides of the ground, from the Sir John Hall Stand to the Milburn Stand, is a steel truss cantilevered roof.
 

Extant: Yes

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Eastings: 424320m (view map)

Northings: 564600m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 100m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Street Address
 

St James' Park
 

Post Code: NE1 4ST

Structure Types Identified: FOOTBALL GROUND, OFFICE, RESTAURANT

Historical Background
 

St James' Park is the oldest football stadium in the North East, with the first game having been played there in 1880.
 

Chronology:

• 1880   September 1880 Newcastle Rangers took over the lease of an area of enclosed ground next to Leazes Terrace, which immediately became known as St James' Park.
      Entities Involved:
            Newcastle Rangers:
• 1886   May 1886 Newcastle West End Football Club took over the lease of St James' Park.
      Entities Involved:
            Newcastle West End Football Club:
• 1892   May 1892 the lease of St James' Park was transferred to Newcastle East End Football Club.
      Entities Involved:
            Newcastle United Football Club (Newcastle East End Football Club):
• 1893   A small stand had been erected at St James' Park by the time Newcastle United had been accepted into the Second Division of the Football League.
• 1899   Major development work carried out at St James' Park: pitch leveled; new stand erected at the Gallowgate End; terraces constructed around the rest of the pitch; ground enclosed by a corrugated iron fence. This work allowed for a capacity crowd of 30,000.
• 1904 - 1905   St James' Park underwent a complete reconstruction with the building of a huge stand along the Barrack Road side of the stadium, more substantial terraces on the other three sides of the stadium and players facilities, including a swimming pool, beneath the new stand. With this work the ground could now hold upwards of 60,000 spectators. The stadium was officially reopened in Spetember 1905.
• 1930   Cover built over the Leazes End enclosure.
      Entities Involved:
            Leitch, Archibald: Originally Leitch's design was for covered double decker stands extending around the circumference of the ground. This plan however was scuppered due to planning constraints.
• 1972 - 1973   New Leazes Terrace stand built.
• 1978   Leazes End terrace demolished and work started on a cantilevered stand. However, work on the new stand stopped due to relegation, recession and problems with the City planners.
• 1986 - 1988   The 80 year old West Stand was demolished and replaced by the £5 million Milburn Stand.
      Entities Involved:
            Milburn, John Edward Thompson: Dedicatee.
• 1992 - 1993   Leazes End Stand built and renamed the Sir John Hall Stand.
      Entities Involved:
            Sir John Hall: Dedicatee.
• 1992 - 1995   A series of improvements were made to St James' Park including modifications to the Milburn Stand, the addition of office and coporate facilities, a new pitch and drainage system, new floodlighting, a new stand built at the Gallowgate End and the infilling of all the corners. This work created an all seater stadium with a capacity of around 37,000.
• 1998 - 2000   Double tiers added to the Milburn and Sir John Hall Stands, at a cost of over £40 million. The completion of the stands in August 2000 allowed St James Park to seat a capacity crowd of 52,193.

Notes
 

See http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,10278,00.html [last accessed 26/01/04].
 

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