139-159, GRAINGER STREET

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