8 Bigg Market
8 Bigg Market
HER Number
9086
District
Newcastle
Site Name
8 Bigg Market
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House; now offices and shop.C18; C20 shop. Incised render; Welsh slate roof,
4 storeys, 3 bays. Door at right to upper floors. Wide-boxed sashes, those on
third floor with glazing bars, have painted lintels carved as if alternately-
raised voussoirs; slightly-projecting painted stone sills to second and third
floors; central third floor blind. Quoin strips. Tumbled-in brickwork on right
return gable. Front right end chimney. Interior shows open-well stair with
ramped grip handrail from first floor, with fat turned balusters. LISTED GRADE 2
4 storeys, 3 bays. Door at right to upper floors. Wide-boxed sashes, those on
third floor with glazing bars, have painted lintels carved as if alternately-
raised voussoirs; slightly-projecting painted stone sills to second and third
floors; central third floor blind. Quoin strips. Tumbled-in brickwork on right
return gable. Front right end chimney. Interior shows open-well stair with
ramped grip handrail from first floor, with fat turned balusters. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424830
Northing
564150
Grid Reference
NZ424830564150
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/105; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 140