35 and 37 Groat Market
35 and 37 Groat Market
HER Number
8804
District
Newcastle
Site Name
35 and 37 Groat Market
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House and shops, now shops and offices. Mid C18, with C20 shops. Incised stucco;
Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Central passage to rear
yard. Renewed shops. Right end entrance to offices above has hardboard-covered
door with overlight, round pilaster at right. 2-light casements on upper floors,
those on first floor with semicircular glazing bar in top light; and moulded sills.
Projecting second-floor sills. All have wedge stone lintels carved to suggest
alternately-projecting voussoirs. Second-floor band. C17 rubbed brick arch with
keystone in passage to rear. Interior shows staircase with splat-balustered upper
flights and delicate rococo stucco decoration to first floor room, now subdivided,
and to panel in hall. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Central passage to rear
yard. Renewed shops. Right end entrance to offices above has hardboard-covered
door with overlight, round pilaster at right. 2-light casements on upper floors,
those on first floor with semicircular glazing bar in top light; and moulded sills.
Projecting second-floor sills. All have wedge stone lintels carved to suggest
alternately-projecting voussoirs. Second-floor band. C17 rubbed brick arch with
keystone in passage to rear. Interior shows staircase with splat-balustered upper
flights and delicate rococo stucco decoration to first floor room, now subdivided,
and to panel in hall. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424830
Northing
564090
Grid Reference
NZ424830564090
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/301; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 139