19 to 25 Grainger Street (Trustees Savings)
19 to 25 Grainger Street (Trustees Savings)
HER Number
9169
District
Newcastle
Site Name
19 to 25 Grainger Street (Trustees Savings)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Bank (Financial)
Site Type: Specific
Bank (Financial)
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Bank. 1862-3 by J.E. Watson. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Classical
style. 2 storeys, 5:3:5 bays and 3 in left return. Pedimented centre has double
door and overlight; rusticated piers to ground floor arcade, with round-headed
windows under modillioned cornice. First floor has central balcony and engaged
Ionic Order supporting pediment with motto INDUSTRY under beehive and cornucopia;
round-headed windows; modillioned cornice and pediment. Top balustrade. Hipped
roof. Left return in similar style has arms of Newcastle in pediment. LISTED GRADE 2
style. 2 storeys, 5:3:5 bays and 3 in left return. Pedimented centre has double
door and overlight; rusticated piers to ground floor arcade, with round-headed
windows under modillioned cornice. First floor has central balcony and engaged
Ionic Order supporting pediment with motto INDUSTRY under beehive and cornucopia;
round-headed windows; modillioned cornice and pediment. Top balustrade. Hipped
roof. Left return in similar style has arms of Newcastle in pediment. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424650
Northing
564010
Grid Reference
NZ424650564010
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/255; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 115-6; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 21, 160