Newcastle, Westgate Road, Graingerville South

HER Number:
6305

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Graingerville South

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Terrace of eight houses. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Nos. one and two have basements and three storeys. No. one also has an attic. Nos. three to eight have basement and two storeys and an attic (except no. five). Steps to doors, most 4-panelled with overlights. Sash windows and tripartite windows. Ashlar ridge chimneys. One of the last of Grainger's investments, for his purchase of the Elswick estate. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2306

Northing:
6436

Grid Reference:
NZ23066436

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/605; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton