1 to 4 and 6 and 7 Eldon Square
1 to 4 and 6 and 7 Eldon Square
HER Number
9181
District
Newcastle
Site Name
1 to 4 and 6 and 7 Eldon Square
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
Includes Nos. 44b and 44c Blackett Street (q.v.). Houses, now offices and shops.
1825-31; by Thomas Oliver and John Dobson for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar;
Welsh slate roof. Basement, 3 storeys and some later attics; 33 bays in all, with
slightly-projecting 5-bay end pavilions defined by giant pilasters. Houses vary
from 3 to 5 bays. 8-panelled doors and overlights (with glazing bars to No.4).
Plain reveals to these and to sash windows, mostly with glazing bars; aprons to
ground floor windows. First floor sill string in outer bays; second floor
entablature and cornice; top plainer cornice. Later mansard roof with 5 dormers
to No.6; 2 inserted pedimented dormers to No.1.Ashlar ridge chimneys. Right
return in similar style has C20 shops inserted in ground floor, giant corner
pilaster at right; glazing bars to sash windows on upper floors. Source:
T. Oliver New Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle 1831, 97. LISTED GRADE 2*
1825-31; by Thomas Oliver and John Dobson for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar;
Welsh slate roof. Basement, 3 storeys and some later attics; 33 bays in all, with
slightly-projecting 5-bay end pavilions defined by giant pilasters. Houses vary
from 3 to 5 bays. 8-panelled doors and overlights (with glazing bars to No.4).
Plain reveals to these and to sash windows, mostly with glazing bars; aprons to
ground floor windows. First floor sill string in outer bays; second floor
entablature and cornice; top plainer cornice. Later mansard roof with 5 dormers
to No.6; 2 inserted pedimented dormers to No.1.Ashlar ridge chimneys. Right
return in similar style has C20 shops inserted in ground floor, giant corner
pilaster at right; glazing bars to sash windows on upper floors. Source:
T. Oliver New Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle 1831, 97. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
424780
Northing
564500
Grid Reference
NZ424780564500
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 16/223 and 20/223; T. Oliver New Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle 1831, 97; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 17 and 154; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865; Malcolm L Scaife, Newcastle Old and New