64-66 Grainger Street

HER Number

6463

District

Newcastle

Site Name

64-66 Grainger Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Shop

Site Type: Specific

Shop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Designed by John Adams for George Handyside around 1871. A decorative stone building large ornamented gable to the corner and dormers. Unfortunately the dormers and balustrades have been removed and the four double-windowed dormers have been replaced by plain lead boxes. Modern ground floor (Pizza Hut). LOCAL LIST

Easting

424750

Northing

564130

Grid Reference

NZ424750564130

Sources

N. Pevsner, 1992 and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town