Newcastle, Grey Street

HER Number:
6488

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grey Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Completed in 1837. Prime Minister Gladstone described it as Britain's "best modern street". John Dobson designed the south eastern section, and it is thought that John Wardle and George Walker designed the rest for Richard Grainger. Mediterranean classical style. Nationally known as Tyneside Classical.

Easting:
2487

Northing:
6441

Grid Reference:
NZ24876441

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 18 and 152-3, 163-6; M.A. Richardson, 1838, Descriptive Companion through Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead