80 to 96 Grey Street
80 to 96 Grey Street
HER Number
9175
District
Newcastle
Site Name
80 to 96 Grey 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, now shops and offices. Circa 1836 by John Dobson for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, lO bays. Ground floor
altered; No.92 has circa 1900 shop with slender pilasters and curved glass windows
flanking central glazed recessed door with overlight. 2-bay end pavilions have Giant
Corinthian pilasters and contain first floor windows framed by flat Tuscan pilasters
with entablature; sill string and architrave to second floor windows. Central 6 bays
have architraves to all windows and second-floor sill string, with second floor
entablature. Top storey has pilasters in pavilions, plain reveals to all windows,
arcaded balustrade above pavilions. All windows sashes with glazing bars. Ridge
brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2*
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, lO bays. Ground floor
altered; No.92 has circa 1900 shop with slender pilasters and curved glass windows
flanking central glazed recessed door with overlight. 2-bay end pavilions have Giant
Corinthian pilasters and contain first floor windows framed by flat Tuscan pilasters
with entablature; sill string and architrave to second floor windows. Central 6 bays
have architraves to all windows and second-floor sill string, with second floor
entablature. Top storey has pilasters in pavilions, plain reveals to all windows,
arcaded balustrade above pavilions. All windows sashes with glazing bars. Ridge
brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
424940
Northing
564260
Grid Reference
NZ424940564260
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/295
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355249
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355249