95 to 137 Grainger Street
95 to 137 Grainger Street
HER Number
9170
District
Newcastle
Site Name
95 to 137 Grainger Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shopping Parade
Site Type: Specific
Shopping Parade
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shops and houses, forming east front of covered market. 1835 by John Dobson for
Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 46 bays in all;
symmetrical. End bays of central group contain market entrances. Giant Corinthian
pilasters to 3-bay end pavilions, and to these entrance bays, above C20 shops.
Plain reveals to sash windows on upper floors; some have glazing bars; second
floor has aprons and slightly projecting sills; architraves with bracketed cornices
to first-floor sashes above market entrances. Second-floor band and dentilled
cornice. Top cornice, with parapet and pilasters, some with acroteria, to central
and end groups; with blocking course to intermediate bays. Mid C20 canopy to most
shops. One-bay returns complete the composition of Nos. 1 to 37 Nelson Street
(q.v.) and Nos. 1-25 Nun Street (q.v.). LISTED GRADE 1
Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 46 bays in all;
symmetrical. End bays of central group contain market entrances. Giant Corinthian
pilasters to 3-bay end pavilions, and to these entrance bays, above C20 shops.
Plain reveals to sash windows on upper floors; some have glazing bars; second
floor has aprons and slightly projecting sills; architraves with bracketed cornices
to first-floor sashes above market entrances. Second-floor band and dentilled
cornice. Top cornice, with parapet and pilasters, some with acroteria, to central
and end groups; with blocking course to intermediate bays. Mid C20 canopy to most
shops. One-bay returns complete the composition of Nos. 1 to 37 Nelson Street
(q.v.) and Nos. 1-25 Nun Street (q.v.). LISTED GRADE 1
Easting
424800
Northing
564340
Grid Reference
NZ424800564340
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/258