Tyne and Wear HER(8826): 1 and 3 Grey Street - Details
8826
Newcastle
1 and 3 Grey Street
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Commercial
Shop
Shop
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Extant Building
Shops and houses, now restaurant and shops. Circa 1835, probably by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with plinth; Welsh slate roof. Classical style. 4 storeys, 3 bays and curved left corner bay to Mosley Street. Circa 1890, mayve 1895-6, the corner entrance was added in Baroque style; flat Tuscan pilasters frame shops with slender late C19 pilasters; fascia and band. Giant Corinthian Order above contains sash windows in architraves, with pediments on first floor and bracketed sills above; entablature with modillioned cornice. Third-floor windows in plain reveals between pilasters top band. All windows sashes with glazing bars; those in corner are curved. The 1851- 1881 censuses shows that No. 1 was the hosier and glover's shop of Robert Robson. He lived in No. 3 with his wife Elizabeth, 4 children, 2 servants and a hosiers assistant. In 1916 Ward's Directory lists the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co. here. Cuthbert Horsley was the manager. LISTED GRADE 2*
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Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 21/273; Vindomora Solutions Ltd, 2018, Properties on Grey Street, Mosley Street, Drury Lane and Cloth Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear - Historic Building Recording; Tyne and Wear Archives reference T186/16487 Plans and elevations of 3 Grey Street