53 Grey Street
53 Grey Street
HER Number
9022
District
Newcastle
Site Name
53 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
Shop and house, now offices. Circa 1837. Probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys, 3 bays. Circa 1900
ground floor has plinth and rusticated pilasters; renewed door recessed between
pilasters with block rustication under fanlight with wrought-iron grille and
many-keyed arch. Ground floor entablature with prominent cornice supports giant
Corinthian Order with attached square end columns and 4 intermediate fluted columns
framing bays. Plain sashes in architraves, those on first floor pedimented;
wrought-iron balcony to outer bays. Second floor has prominent entablature with
modillioned cornice; pilasters and cornice on top floor, which has renewed windows
in plain reveals. LISTED GRADE 2*
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible. 4 storeys, 3 bays. Circa 1900
ground floor has plinth and rusticated pilasters; renewed door recessed between
pilasters with block rustication under fanlight with wrought-iron grille and
many-keyed arch. Ground floor entablature with prominent cornice supports giant
Corinthian Order with attached square end columns and 4 intermediate fluted columns
framing bays. Plain sashes in architraves, those on first floor pedimented;
wrought-iron balcony to outer bays. Second floor has prominent entablature with
modillioned cornice; pilasters and cornice on top floor, which has renewed windows
in plain reveals. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
424910
Northing
564210
Grid Reference
NZ424910564210
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/280; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 166