6, 7 and 8 Higham Place
6, 7 and 8 Higham Place
HER Number
8807
District
Newcastle
Site Name
6, 7 and 8 Higham Place
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
3 houses, now offices and restaurant. 1819-20 by Richard Grainger for William
Batson of Higham Dykes. English bond brick in Nos. 6 and 7, adapted English
garden wall bond in No.8; painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. 3 storeys
and attics; each house 2 bays. Doors at right of each house have fanlight with
glazing bars in Tuscan doorcase with open pediment. Wedge stone lintels to 2
sashes on each floor, some renewed, with glazing bars. Projecting second-floor
sills; sill bands to ground and first floors, and first floor band. Nos. 7 and
8 have Edwardian tripartite attics; roof dormer of No.6 being altered at time
of survey. Bronze-like plaque on No.6 commemorates 1958 centenary of Northern
Architectural Association. Richard Grainger's first building in Newcastle. LISTED GRADE 2
Batson of Higham Dykes. English bond brick in Nos. 6 and 7, adapted English
garden wall bond in No.8; painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. 3 storeys
and attics; each house 2 bays. Doors at right of each house have fanlight with
glazing bars in Tuscan doorcase with open pediment. Wedge stone lintels to 2
sashes on each floor, some renewed, with glazing bars. Projecting second-floor
sills; sill bands to ground and first floors, and first floor band. Nos. 7 and
8 have Edwardian tripartite attics; roof dormer of No.6 being altered at time
of survey. Bronze-like plaque on No.6 commemorates 1958 centenary of Northern
Architectural Association. Richard Grainger's first building in Newcastle. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425130
Northing
564570
Grid Reference
NZ425130564570
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 17/310; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 16 and 188; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Phase II, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; Heritage Architecture Ltd. 2006, Historical Assessment of East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle