55 to 59 Grey Street
55 to 59 Grey Street
HER Number
8830
District
Newcastle
Site Name
55 to 59 Grey Street
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
Shops and houses, now offices. Circa 1837 by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger.
Circa 1900 shop renewed at right; at left (in style of 1900) renewed c.1982.
Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 4 storeys, 3 bays. Ground
floor Tuscan Order; giant Ionic above. Shops have curved glass to recessed
entrances and slender pilasters to lights with curved top corners. 8-panelled
house door and overlight in deep reveal at right. Sash windows with glazing bars
on all floors ; pilasters above prominent second-floor cornice. Top cornice and
blocking course. Ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2*
Circa 1900 shop renewed at right; at left (in style of 1900) renewed c.1982.
Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 4 storeys, 3 bays. Ground
floor Tuscan Order; giant Ionic above. Shops have curved glass to recessed
entrances and slender pilasters to lights with curved top corners. 8-panelled
house door and overlight in deep reveal at right. Sash windows with glazing bars
on all floors ; pilasters above prominent second-floor cornice. Top cornice and
blocking course. Ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
424910
Northing
564230
Grid Reference
NZ424910564230
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/281; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22 and 164