Clayton Street

HER Number

6494

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Clayton Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Grainger's last street. Some of it was unfinished in 1845. It is inferior in design and materials to Grainger Street and Grey Street. Single houses above shops, with a staircase entrance off the street at one side. It was named after John Clayton (1792-1890) Newcastle's Town Clerk.

Easting

424720

Northing

564390

Grid Reference

NZ424720564390

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.153, 158