Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant; The Royal Public House is a Grade I listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Public house, restaurant. 2 related planning applications.
Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant; The Royal Public House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-grate-dale
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- Public house, restaurant
- Address
- Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant; The Royal Public House, 9-17, Market Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 249 643
- Coordinates
- 54.97287, -1.61218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant, also known as The Royal Public House, is a Grade I listed building located on Market Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. Built around 1837 by architect Benjamin Green for developer Richard Grainger, it features a sandstone ashlar exterior and a Welsh slate roof. The building stands four storeys high and consists of seven bays.
The ground floor is characterized by rusticated pilasters and an entablature, with altered windows situated beneath cornices. The upper floors display flat Roman Doric pilasters on the third and fourth bays, with sash windows, most of which have glazing bars. The second-floor windows are adorned with moulded sills, and there is a prominent cornice on the second-floor entablature. The top-floor windows are set in plain reveals beneath an eaves band and cornice.
The right side of The Royal Public House contributes to the overall design of the Grey Street elevation of the Theatre Royal, which is located at No. 98. The building is recognized for its group value within the context of the surrounding architecture.
Local climate
Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant; The Royal Public House 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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