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6455


Newcastle


7-9 Bigg Market, Central Buildings


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Commercial


Eating and Drinking Establishment


Public House


POST MEDIEVAL


Victorian 1837 to 1901


Extant Building


Rebuilding by William Hope for Lazenby Pearson Ltd in 1897. Built as the Earl Grey Public House. Built in carved stone with stone roofs, columns, cherubs and swags. Most of the ground floor is modern and there is lift equipment on the roof. Originally the property had a tall central gable with two attic windows and elaborate decoration. In 1919 Charles E. Errington, architect removed this and replaced it with the balustrade with dormers behind to create more space in the roof. LOCAL LIST


424770


564120


NZ424770564120



N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Lynn F Pearson, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, p 29

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