L J Couves & Partners

L. J. Couves and Partners were a British architectural firm from Newcastle upon Tyne in England.^[1]

History

Between 1924 and 1928, the company worked under the lead architects Burnet, Tait and Lorne on the design of Carliol House, the headquarters of Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company.^[2][3][4] Then in 1930, the company designed the art-deco styled car park and garage, Dex Garage.^[4]

In the 1950s and 1960s, L J Couves and Partners were responsible for the design of a number of power stations in North East England. Power stations they designed included the Stella power stations, which were built between 1951 and 1957, and the Blyth power stations, built between 1955 and 1966.^[5] In 1955, the company were contracted to design the United Kingdom's second ever nuclear power station, Chapelcross nuclear power station at Annan in Scotland.^[6]

In 1980, the company designed Jesmond Metro station, for the Tyne and Wear Metro.^[7]

References

Electricity generation in North East England
Generating sites	Biomass Active Biomass Energy Centre Lynemouth (co-fires) Wilton 10 Proposed BEI-Teesside Billingham North Blyth Teesport Tyne REP Coal Active Lynemouth Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Hebburn Horden Colliery Lemington Mainsforth Colliery Manors Morrison Busty Colliery Neptune Bank Newburn Steelworks North Tees Ouston Colliery Pandon Dene Philadelphia South Shore Road South Shields Stella Sunderland Vane Tempest Colliery Whinfield Proposed Eston Grange (Gasification) Cancelled Blyth Clean Coal Kepier Gas Active Seal Sands Teesside Wilton Proposed ConocoPhillips Teesside Thor Cogeneration Cancelled Newburn Hydro Active Derwent Kielder Closed Cragside Nuclear Active Hartlepool Cancelled Druridge Bay Oil Active Wilton Waste Active Teesside Path Head landfill Closed Blaydon Burn Derwenthaugh Coke Works Newburn Steelworks Portrack Whinfield Proposed North Eastern Energy Recovery Centre Wilton 11 Cancelled Blyth Wind Active Blyth Harbour Blyth Offshore Broom Hill Great Eppleton Hare Hill High Sharpley High Volts Holmside Hall Kirkheaton Langley Park Teesside Tow Law Trimdon Grange Walkway West Durham Proposed Butterwick Moor Haswell Moor Kiln Pit Hill Lynemouth Royal Oak Barmoor South Green Rigg Kielder Moorsyde Ray Hill South Sharpley Steadings Teeswind North The Isles Todd Hill West Ancroft Wingates
Organisations and personnel	A. Reyrolle & Company C. A. Parsons and Company Northern Powergrid Charles Algernon Parsons Charles Hesterman Merz Clarke Chapman John Theodore Merz L J Couves & Partners Merz & McLellan NaREC Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company North Eastern Electric Supply Company Northern Electric Northern Engineering Industries Pre-nationalisation North East electric power companies
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