8 Nelson Street
8 Nelson Street
HER Number
8773
District
Newcastle
Site Name
8 Nelson Street
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
House and shop, now shop. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with later pink granite and terra-cotta columns to shop;
roof not visible. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Central renewed double door under swan-neck
pediment, with keyed roundel and garlands, recessed between tall shop windows with
slender glazing bars; Jacobean-style columns flank door. Rusticated pilasters
define end bays containing 6-panelled double doors and high overlights with
patterned glazing bars. Ground floor fascia and cornice. First floor sill
string to sashes in architraves, the central with blind balustrade and bracketed
pediment, the outer bays with cornices. Second-floor architraves have bracketed
sills. All windows have glazing bars. Bracketed top cornice and balustrade.
This building has been redeveloped behind the facade, so only the facade is of
interest. LISTED GRADE 2
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with later pink granite and terra-cotta columns to shop;
roof not visible. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Central renewed double door under swan-neck
pediment, with keyed roundel and garlands, recessed between tall shop windows with
slender glazing bars; Jacobean-style columns flank door. Rusticated pilasters
define end bays containing 6-panelled double doors and high overlights with
patterned glazing bars. Ground floor fascia and cornice. First floor sill
string to sashes in architraves, the central with blind balustrade and bracketed
pediment, the outer bays with cornices. Second-floor architraves have bracketed
sills. All windows have glazing bars. Bracketed top cornice and balustrade.
This building has been redeveloped behind the facade, so only the facade is of
interest. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424800
Northing
564390
Grid Reference
NZ424800564390
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/401; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.158; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 12