2 to 12 Shakespeare Street
2 to 12 Shakespeare Street
HER Number
8714
District
Newcastle
Site Name
2 to 12 Shakespeare Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Houses, now shops and offices. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof of Welsh slate. 4 storeys, 9 bays. Ground floor has
original 8-panelled door, and overlight with glazing bars,to No. 10; late C19 shop
front to No. 8,with round-headed lights, slender pilasters and carved spandrels,
flanked by Tuscan pilasters. Nos. 2 and 4 have renewed ground floor. Ground floor
fascia and cornice. Upper floors have sash windows with glazing bars in plain
reveals. Second-floor level string and still string. Prominent cornice to second-
floor entablature. Top eaves band and cornice. Some brick, some ashlar chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; roof of Welsh slate. 4 storeys, 9 bays. Ground floor has
original 8-panelled door, and overlight with glazing bars,to No. 10; late C19 shop
front to No. 8,with round-headed lights, slender pilasters and carved spandrels,
flanked by Tuscan pilasters. Nos. 2 and 4 have renewed ground floor. Ground floor
fascia and cornice. Upper floors have sash windows with glazing bars in plain
reveals. Second-floor level string and still string. Prominent cornice to second-
floor entablature. Top eaves band and cornice. Some brick, some ashlar chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424940
Northing
564270
Grid Reference
NZ424940564270
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/519