Nun Street

HER Number

6493

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Nun Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Has a range of Grainger Market on one side, and a public house at the western end. The name comes from the St. Bartholemew's Nunnery.

Easting

424670

Northing

564260

Grid Reference

NZ424670564260

Sources

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; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces