Description

NZ 2462 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE GRAINGER STREET
(west side)
20/260
12/11/65 except No. 159,17/12/71. Nos. 139 to 159 odd
G.V. II
Shops and houses, now shops. Circa 1836, probably by John Wardle, for Richard
Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys; 19 bays and one-bay
curved corner to former High Friar Street:, now Eldon Shopping Centre. Ground
floor altered. First floor tripartite windows in end pavilions have Tuscan
pilasters and entablature with pedimented projecting centre; tripartite windows
on each floor above, with architraves and bracketed sills on second floor and
plain reveals on third. Central pavilion has architraves to first-and second-
floor windows, and cornices, the central pedimented, on first floor; bracketed
sills on second floor, plain reveals on third. All windows sashes, some with
glazing bars. Plainer intermediate sections have pilasters and entablature to
first-floor windows, second-floor sill string and entablature with prominent
cornice. Top cornice and blocking course.

Listing NGR: NZ2482864399

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606442

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5