55-59, Grey Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1965. A Victorian Commercial. 6 related planning applications.
55-59, Grey Street
- WRENN ID
- ragged-pier-equinox
- 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
- Commercial
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- 55-59, Grey Street, NE1 6EF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 249 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97212, -1.61228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 55-59 on Grey Street are shops and houses that have been converted into offices. They were built around 1837 by architect John Wardle for developer Richard Grainger. The shop on the right was renewed around 1900, while the one on the left was renewed in a style reminiscent of 1900 in 1982. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. It stands four storeys high and has three bays. The ground floor showcases the Tuscan Order, while the upper floors feature a giant Ionic order. The shops have curved glass at the recessed entrances and slender pilasters with curved top corners. There is an 8-panelled house door with an overlight set in a deep reveal on the right. All floors have sash windows with glazing bars, and there are pilasters above a prominent second-floor cornice. The building is topped with a cornice and blocking course, and ridge chimneys complete the structure.
Local climate
55-59, Grey 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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