Higham Place

A small street in the city centre with a few old buildings, Hadrian House and the old entrance to The Laing Art Gallery.






15th July 2024



Hadrian House.






22nd June 2024



Hadrian House Grafitti.






20th December 2023



Hadrian House.






23rd November 2023



Hadrian House Grafitti.






17th February 2022



Higham Place, Nos. 6, 7 and 8.

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.

Listed Grade 2. Source: Sitelines.









1st November 2021



Higham Place, Nos. 6, 7 and 8.









2nd July 2017








20th October 2015





Laing Art Gallery.












Higham Place, Nos. 6, 7 and 8.




Higham House.












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