5 to 13 Grey Street

HER Number

9023

District

Newcastle

Site Name

5 to 13 Grey Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shopping Parade

Site Type: Specific

Shopping Parade

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Shops and houses, now shops and offices. Circa 1835, probably by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 12 bays. Renewed ground floor and ground-floor fascia. Set-back upper floors have sash windows with glazing bars in architraves; bracketed sills to second floor, below plain entablature with prominent cornice. Third-floor sashes in plain reveals below top cornice. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting

424980

Northing

564120

Grid Reference

NZ424980564120

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/274 and 21/274; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 166; MGA, 2010, 5 to 13 Grey Street, Drury Lane and 6-8 Cloth Market - Heritage Appraisal; Vindomora Solutions Ltd, 2018, Properties on Grey Street, Mosley Street, Drury Lane and Cloth Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear - Historic Building Recording; Tyne and Wear Archives reference T186/12454 and T186/17253B, Plans and elevations of 5 Grey Street; Tyne and Wear Archives reference T186/9079 and T186/13850, Plans and elevations of 7-9 Grey Street