Westgate Road, Graingerville South
Westgate Road, Graingerville South
HER Number
6305
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Graingerville South
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Terrace of eight houses. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Nos. one and two have basements and three storeys. No. one also has an attic. Nos. three to eight have basement and two storeys and an attic (except no. five). Steps to doors, most 4-panelled with overlights. Sash windows and tripartite windows. Ashlar ridge chimneys. One of the last of Grainger's investments, for his purchase of the Elswick estate. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
423060
Northing
564360
Grid Reference
NZ423060564360
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/605; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton