64-66 Grainger Street

HER Number:
6463

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
64-66 Grainger 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:
Designed by John Adams for George Handyside around 1871. A decorative stone building large ornamented gable to the corner and dormers. Unfortunately the dormers and balustrades have been removed and the four double-windowed dormers have been replaced by plain lead boxes. Modern ground floor (Pizza Hut). LOCAL LIST

Easting:
424750

Northing:
564130

Grid Reference:
NZ424750564130

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner, 1992 and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town