Newcastle, Market Street, Nos. 1 and 3

HER Number:
8925

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Market Street, Nos. 1 and 3

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shops and houses, now restaurants and offices. Circa 1837 by Benjamin Green for Richard Grainger. Part of left return of Theatre Royal in Grey Street. Sandstone ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Restaurants have circa 1900 curved shop windows with slender pilasters, leaded upper lights and round heads, flanking central recessed glazed doors. Central office entrance has panelled double door and overlight with glazing bars. Upper floors have giant Tuscan Order to 2 right bays which project slightly. Architraves to all windows; those in 2 right bays have cornices to first and projecting stone sills to second floors. Second-floor entablature. Plain reveals to top sashes under eaves band and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting:
2497

Northing:
6432

Grid Reference:
NZ24976432

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/374