2 to 8 Grey Street
2 to 8 Grey Street
HER Number
8832
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 to 8 Grey 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
Early C19. Sandstone ashlar, hipped Welsh slate roof. Classical building on
corner with recessed, rounded corner bay. Three and a half storeys, four bays
on Grey Street and one wide bay on Mosley Street. Moulded architraves to sash
windows, tripartite on Mosley Street. Projecting second-floor sills rest on
long brackets. The southern bay projects slightly with pedimented first-floor
window. Moulded and coved eaves cornice. C19 shop fronts. LISTED GRADE 2
corner with recessed, rounded corner bay. Three and a half storeys, four bays
on Grey Street and one wide bay on Mosley Street. Moulded architraves to sash
windows, tripartite on Mosley Street. Projecting second-floor sills rest on
long brackets. The southern bay projects slightly with pedimented first-floor
window. Moulded and coved eaves cornice. C19 shop fronts. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425030
Northing
564110
Grid Reference
NZ425030564110
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 21/287; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 164; Space Conservation, 2014, 2-12 Grey Street and 21 Mosley St, Newcastle upon Tyne -Heritage Assessment; 1885 Plan for alterations and fittings to basement of 21 Mosley St, TWAS T186-11187, 1870 Plan of no 2 Grey Street, TWAS T186-4508; 1902-1905, 21 Mosley Street TWAS T186-20348; 1906 plans as part of works for new offices for Edinburgh Life Assurance Company, TWAS T186-22179; 1907 Alterations to 2-4 Grey Street, TWAS T186-22629; 1924, Proposals for alterations to 2-4 Grey Street, TWAS T186-20348