--- title: "MEA House and Ryder and Yates Offices Listed" date: "2015-02-01" tags: [ryder-and-yates, architecture] categories: [ryder-and-yates, architecture] author: Jolyon Yates publisher: Jolyon Yates image: src: blog/ryder-and-yates-offices-killingworth.jpg alt: Ryder and Yates Offices in Killingworth title: Ryder and Yates Offices, Killingworth 1964 --- MEA House in Newcastle and Ryder and Yates' former offices in Killingworth have been listed by English Heritage MEA House, in Newcastle, was built to house voluntary organisations in the early 1970s\ Two post-war office blocks on Tyneside have been given grade II-listed status. MEA House in Newcastle and the former offices of its architects, Ryder and Yates, in Killingworth are among 14 "remarkable" buildings listed by the culture secretary. A campaign to save the Ryder and Yates offices was launched when it was earmarked for demolition last year. The 20th Century Society said it was a "rare surviving example of a purpose-built post-war architects' office". The group put it forward for listing in 2010, along with all the other buildings by Gordon Ryder and Peter Yates in Killingworth. MEA House Newcastle, 1977 Ryder and Yates *MEA House Newcastle, 1977 Ryder and Yates* Two - Norgas House and Stephenson House - have since been knocked down. The architects' engineering research station in the town was listed in 2000. The 14 offices around England chosen for listing were identified by an English Heritage (EH) project to assess commercial buildings dating from 1964 to 1984. EH director of designation Roger Bowdler said they showed "how architecture has adapted to recent radical changes in how we work". The buildings were listed by the culture secretary after recommendations made by EH. Listed status for the Killingworth offices was granted in October. MEA House in Newcastle and Ryder and Yates' former offices in Killingworth have been listed by English Heritage. The full series of 30 Peter Yates Giclée Art Prints are now available from the [**Peter Yates Print Shop**](https://www.peteryates.co.uk/print-shop/ "Peter Yates Arts Prints Available")