Grey Street

HER Number

6488

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Grey Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

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

424870

Northing

564410

Grid Reference

NZ424870564410

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