Clayton Street

HER Number:
6494

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Clayton Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Grainger's last street. Some of it was unfinished in 1845. It is inferior in design and materials to Grainger Street and Grey Street. Single houses above shops, with a staircase entrance off the street at one side. It was named after John Clayton (1792-1890) Newcastle's Town Clerk.

Easting:
424720

Northing:
564390

Grid Reference:
NZ424720564390

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.153, 158