Tyne and Wear HER(9084): Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 69 to 73 (New Turk's Head Hotel) - Details
9084
Newcastle
Newcastle, Grey Street, Nos. 69 to 73 (New Turk's Head Hotel)
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Shop
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Shops, houses and hotel. Circa 1837, probably by John Wardle, for Richard Grainger.
Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. Classical style. 4 storeys and attics, 8 bays.
3 left bays continue plain style of Nos. 61 to 67 and have rusticated ground floor
with cyma-moulded plinth, altered windows and cornice. Plain reveals to sashes
above with second-floor sill band. Second-floor band,and entablature below top
floor which has cornice and blocking course. 5 bays at right have end pavilions;
rusticated ground floor with 2 entrances in left 2 bays and 3 altered windows;
carriage entrance in right end bay. Ground-floor fascia and cornice. Upper floors
have Giant Orders: flat Doric pilasters to pavilions and attached fluted Ionic
columns defining central 3 bays. Second-floor sills moulded in central 3 and with
band in outer bays. All windows sashes with glazing bars. Second-floor entablature
with prominent cornice. Fourth storey of pavilions has pilasters; central top
balustrade;continuous cornice and blocking course, and parapet with carved pilasters
above pavilions. Empty at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2*
2490
6425
NZ24906425
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/283; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 36; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 166; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 27