Description

NZ 2564 NW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HIGHAM PLACE
(east side)
17/310
29/6/76 Nos. 6, 7 and 8
G.V. II
3 houses, now offices and restaurant. 1819-20 by Richard Grainger for William
Batson of Higham Dykes. English bond brick in Nos. 6 and 7, adapted English
garden wall bond in No.8; painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. 3 storeys
and attics; each house 2 bays. Doors at right of each house have fanlight with
glazing bars in Tuscan doorcase with open pediment. Wedge stone lintels to 2
sashes on each floor, some renewed, with glazing bars. Projecting second-floor
sills; sill bands to ground and first floors, and first floor band. Nos. 7 and
8 have Edwardian tripartite attics; roof dormer of No.6 being altered at time
of survey. Bronze-like plaque on No.6 commemorates 1958 centenary of Northern
Architectural Association. Richard Grainger's first building in Newcastle.

Listing NGR: NZ2513664579

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275705

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)