46 and 48 Pilgrim Street
46 and 48 Pilgrim Street
HER Number
8758
District
Newcastle
Site Name
46 and 48 Pilgrim 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
3 shops and houses. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with
Welsh roof and brick chimneys. 4 storeys, 5 bays, the 3 at right with Giant
Order. 2-bay shop at left has boarded house door under overlight with glazing bars
at right; second 2-bay shop has renewed overlight above house door at right. 2nd-
floor cornice over 2 slightly-set-back left bays with modified Corinthian pilasters;
plain reveals to windows on all floors, the first taller, with upper glazing bars;
3rd floor flat pilasters above Giant Order, and top cornice and blocking
course. 4 brick chimneys, that at left ashlar-corniced. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh roof and brick chimneys. 4 storeys, 5 bays, the 3 at right with Giant
Order. 2-bay shop at left has boarded house door under overlight with glazing bars
at right; second 2-bay shop has renewed overlight above house door at right. 2nd-
floor cornice over 2 slightly-set-back left bays with modified Corinthian pilasters;
plain reveals to windows on all floors, the first taller, with upper glazing bars;
3rd floor flat pilasters above Giant Order, and top cornice and blocking
course. 4 brick chimneys, that at left ashlar-corniced. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424990
Northing
564290
Grid Reference
NZ424990564290
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/447; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 142