Looking south on Grey Street, with the Theatre Royal on the left.
Grainger Town is the historic commercial centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It covers approximately 36 ha (89 acres).[1] Almost all of Grainger Town is in Newcastle's Central Conservation Area, one of the first designated in England. The area includes a mediaeval 13th-century Dominican priory, pieces of the historic Town Walls, and many fine Georgian and Victorian buildings.
The area is named after Richard Grainger, a developer who built several classical streets between 1824 and 1841, including Grey Street, Grainger Street, and Clayton Street. Richard Grainger was said to “have found Newcastle of bricks and timber and left it in stone”.
Some of Newcastle's finest buildings are in Grainger Town, including Grainger Market and Theatre Royal. These buildings are predominantly four stories, with vertical dormers, domes, turrets, and spikes. The architecture is dubbed “Tyneside Classical”. Grainger Town has 450 buildings, and 244 are listed (29 at grade I and 49 at grade II*). The majority of buildings remain in private ownership.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Grey Street as “one of the finest streets in England”. The area around it and Grey's Monument is expanding quickly, with high-quality shopping, including designer fashions and jewelry. The Central Exchange, containing the Edwardian Central Arcade, is located in Grainger Town.
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GraingerTown is the historic commercial centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It covers approximately 36 ha (89 acres). Almost all of Grainger Town...
historic heart of Newcastle is the GraingerTown area. Established on classical streets built by Richard Grainger, a builder and developer, between 1835...
Oliver, and with the town clerk, John Clayton, to redevelop the centre of Newcastle in the 19th century. Grainger Street and the Grainger Market are named...
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Railway. Now a Grade I listed building, it is located in the city's GraingerTown area, to the west of the Castle Keep. In Simon Jenkins' Britain's 100...
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milecastle were found on Westgate Road, midway between Clayton Street and Grainger Street, and it is likely that the course of the wall corresponded to present-day...
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2–1 defeat away to Hednesford Town, and returned to Leyton with five appearances to his name. On 19 May 2014, Grainger was one of three players given...
town club, Carlisle United, in 2014. He retired from playing in 2019 and was appointed as manager of Workington. Born in Penrith, Cumbria, Grainger began...
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