77 to 93 Grainger Street
77 to 93 Grainger Street
HER Number
8820
District
Newcastle
Site Name
77 to 93 Grainger Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Includes No. 30a Nun Street. Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably
by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; welsh slate roof. 4
storeys and attics. 3:15:3 bays, 21 in all. Ground floor mid C20 shops. Upper
floors have sashes, some with glazing bars; plain reveals to those in centre 15
bays; slightly projecting 3 bays at either end have architraves to windows, and
cornices to those on first floor. Paired brackets to moulded sills of all second-
floor windows. Second-floor-level band to 15-bay section. Second-floor entablat-
ure, breaking forward over end bays, with prominent cornice. Top cornice; block-
ing course to 3-bay end sections. Inserted mansard, to 12 bays at right of 15-bay
section, has 12 square-headed dormers. Low-pitched hipped roof over other bays. LISTED GRADE 2
by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; welsh slate roof. 4
storeys and attics. 3:15:3 bays, 21 in all. Ground floor mid C20 shops. Upper
floors have sashes, some with glazing bars; plain reveals to those in centre 15
bays; slightly projecting 3 bays at either end have architraves to windows, and
cornices to those on first floor. Paired brackets to moulded sills of all second-
floor windows. Second-floor-level band to 15-bay section. Second-floor entablat-
ure, breaking forward over end bays, with prominent cornice. Top cornice; block-
ing course to 3-bay end sections. Inserted mansard, to 12 bays at right of 15-bay
section, has 12 square-headed dormers. Low-pitched hipped roof over other bays. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424740
Northing
564190
Grid Reference
NZ424740564190
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/257