Richard Grainger

Richard Grainger (9 October 1797 – 4 July 1861) was a builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked with the architects John Dobson and Thomas 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 after him; sometimes the whole area of Newcastle developed in the Neoclassical style around Grey Street and Grainger Street is referred to as Grainger Town.

This article is about the builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. For the English surgeon, see Richard Dugard Grainger. For the former head of the English NHS IT project, see Richard Granger.
Richard Grainger
Richard Grainger, 1827
Born9 October 1797.
High Friar's Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne
Died4 July 1861.
5 Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne
Resting placeSt James Church, Benwell
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Andrews Charity School, High Friar Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne
SpouseRachel Arundale (d.1842)
Children13
Parent(s)Thomas Grainger (d.c.1810) and Amelia Burt (1755–1835)
Engineering career
ProjectsGrainger Town
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