2-20, Newgate Street is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1965. Shops and houses. 10 related planning applications.

2-20, Newgate Street

WRENN ID
knotted-postern-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1965
Type
Shops and houses
Address
2-20, Newgate Street, NE1 5RG
OS grid reference
NZ 247 641
Coordinates
54.97173, -1.61529
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shops and houses, now shops, dating to approximately 1837 and likely designed by John Wardle for Richard Grainger. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a roof that is not visible. It is four storeys high and comprises 17 bays. The ground floor has been altered. The windows are sash windows, some with glazing bars, set in plain reveals. Bracketed sills are present on the second floor. Between the projecting end bays, a first-floor band is visible. A second-floor entablature features a prominent cornice, and there is an eaves band and top cornice.

Local climate

2-20, Newgate Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 2002
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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