2 to 10 Market Street

HER Number:
9189

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
2 to 10 Market Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Houses, now offices. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys; 9:6:2 bays, the 6 projecting slightly. Renewed ground floor except for No. 10 at left which has plinth and rustication, fascia and cornice. Steps up to 4-panelled door and overlight with glazing bars; renewed windows. No.8 has c.1900 faience ground floor in free Baroque style. Sash windows on upper floors, with glazing bars to all in No. lO, some to upper floors of remainder. Aprons to second-floor windows above band; prominent cornice to second-floor entablature. Top eaves band and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
424940

Northing:
564360

Grid Reference:
NZ424940564360

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/373