Shakespeare Street, Adelphi Hotel
Shakespeare Street, Adelphi Hotel
HER Number
8716
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Shakespeare Street, Adelphi Hotel
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Houses, how public house and offices. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle,
for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; c. 1900 ground floor of white faience;
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, with fifth added; 6 bays. Ground floor has
entrances in side bays to public house; office in left bay has renewed door.
Sash winnows on second and third floors have glazing bars in plain reveals;
first fluor renewed windows. Sill band to second floor; second-floor
entablature. Third-floor lintel band. Fourth floor has raised surrounds
and cornices to windows. Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; c. 1900 ground floor of white faience;
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, with fifth added; 6 bays. Ground floor has
entrances in side bays to public house; office in left bay has renewed door.
Sash winnows on second and third floors have glazing bars in plain reveals;
first fluor renewed windows. Sill band to second floor; second-floor
entablature. Third-floor lintel band. Fourth floor has raised surrounds
and cornices to windows. Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424980
Northing
564290
Grid Reference
NZ424980564290
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/521; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 21, 34; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 34