Tyne and Wear HER(9081): Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 34 to 40 - Details
9081
Newcastle
Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 34 to 40
Newcastle
NZ26SW NZ26SE
Commercial
Shop
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Shops and houses, now offices. Circa 1836 by Dobson for Richard Grainger.
Sandstone ashlar with c.1930 granite ground floor. Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys,
5 bays. Upper floors have Giant Corinthian pilasters flanking end bays; central
3 bays recessed. Paired sashes in plain reveals in end bays, those on first floor
with dentilled and bracketed cornices. Sashes in plain reveals in recessed centre,
with first, floor deep cornice on paired brackets, and balustrade to first floor
windows, linking end bays. Prominent entablature on second floor has dentilled
cornice. Top windows, the outer in architraves, under cornice and balustrade.
Inserted mansard roof. LISTED GRADE 2
2499
6416
NZ24996416
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/292 and 21/292; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 164