Grainger Street

HER Number

6492

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Grainger 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

Designed by Richard Grainger's to join Grey Street and to provide a direct link with Bigg Market The section beyond Bigg Market was St. John's Lane until 1869 when it was improved as a link to the Central Station.

Easting

424850

Northing

564410

Grid Reference

NZ424850564410

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; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 23; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 21; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.153