Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 2 to 8

HER Number:
8832

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 2 to 8

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:
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

Easting:
2503

Northing:
6411

Grid Reference:
NZ25036411

Lats/Lons:

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