102 Grey Street (Lloyd's Bank)

HER Number:
9258

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
102 Grey Street (Lloyd's Bank)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Bank (Financial)

Site Type: Specific:
Bank (Financial)

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Includes Nos. 2-6 Hood Street and Nos. 12-18 Market Street. Houses and bank, now bank. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Classical style. 4 storeys, 9 bays. Steps up to central renewed door and fanlight in recessed centre. Round-headed ground floor windows with pilasters and archivolts. Bays defined by wide flat Tuscan pilasters supporting entablature with carved wreath on frieze. Giant Corinthian columns above, fluted columns in centre. All windows sahes with glazing bars. Tall ashlar-corniced chimneys. Whole interior redeveloped behind street façade. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting:
424910

Northing:
564350

Grid Reference:
NZ424910564350

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/297; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 166; David Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town, p 7