Earl Grey House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1965. Mixed-use building. 18 related planning applications.
Earl Grey House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-cobalt-wren
- 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
- Mixed-use building
- Address
- Earl Grey House, 77-85, Grey Street, NE1 6EF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 248 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97259, -1.61318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Earl Grey House is a building located on Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, dating from around 1837. It was likely designed by John Wardle for Richard Grainger. The structure is made of sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. It stands four storeys high, with some attics, and consists of 28 bays. The ground floor has been altered.
The building showcases a Giant Ionic Order at the ends and in the central five-bay pavilions, with pilasters marking each of the five end bays and attached columns in the central five, all of which are fluted. The right three columns of the centre are shorter, stepping up to accommodate a change in level. The windows are mostly sashes set in plain reveals, with some renewed and some featuring glazing bars. There is a sill band on the second floor, except in the two right centre bays, and a prominent cornice above the second-floor entablature. The top floor has sashes in plain reveals, with panelled pilasters in the pavilions, along with a top cornice and blocking course. A panelled parapet is located in the centre.
Nos. 19 to 27, which are part of Earl Grey House, have an inserted Mansard roof and attic windows, and they have been extensively rebuilt behind the facade, but they are included for group value.
Local climate
Earl Grey 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 18 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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