Newcastle, Grainger Street, Nos. 77 to 93

HER Number:
8820

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grainger Street, Nos. 77 to 93

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
2474

Northing:
6419

Grid Reference:
NZ24746419

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/257