Tyne and Wear HER(8772): 2 to 6 Nelson Street - Details
8772
Newcastle
2 to 6 Nelson Street
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Shop
Shop
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Extant Building
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, with 4 at right; 8
bays. Ground floor altered. 2 right bays of 4 storeys have architraves to
windows on tipper floors, with frieze and cornice above first-floor windows and
bracketed sills to second floor, under entablature with prominent bracketed
cornice. Top floor has sashes in plain reveals under cornice and blocking
course. 6 recessed bays at left have first-floor aproned sills, second-floor
sill string all sashes in plain reveals, some with glazing bars. First floor
band to these bays; top cornice and blocking course. Later wrought iron gate
in first bay. LISTED GRADE 2
424810
564370
NZ424810564370
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/400