Graingerville South

A terrace of eight houses, built around 1839 for Richard Grainger, forming part of his late investments. The houses are constructed from sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Nos. 1 and 2 have a basement and three storeys, with No. 1 also having an attic. Nos. 3 to 8 have a basement and two storeys, with attics to all except No. 5. The houses are generally three bays wide (Nos. 1 to 5), and two bays wide (Nos. 6 to 8). Steps lead to the original four-panelled front doors, each with an overlight that features radial glazing bars to No. 2. The lower floors have plain reveals to the doors and sash windows, with architraves framing the doors and upper windows. The windows in the second bay of each house have tripartite sashes set within lugged surrounds, with pilasters and a dentil cornice on the ground floor. Most other windows are replacements, though No. 8 has a canted one-storey bay. A continuous band runs along the first floor, topped by a cornice. Later, pedimented dormers have been added. A full-width rendered dormer was inserted into Nos. 3 and 4. Ashlar ridge chimneys are present, with one raised in brick. Wilkes and Dodds’ publication, Tyneside Classical (1964), notes Grainger’s purchase of the Elswick estate.