[GreyFriars or Anderson Place] This House was Originally the Monastry of Grey Friers _ New Castle upon Tyne.
G. Sonander fecit. [n.d., c.1790.] Scarce aquatint, printed in sepia. 380 x 505mm (15 x 20"). Trimmed to plate. A view of GreyFriars, founded 1237, bought by a merchant Robert Anderson after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was here that Charles I was held after he surrendered to the Scots Army in 1646, before being handed to Parliament. This view shows the building when owned by Newcastle builder George Anderson (between 1782 and his death in 1798), who converted it into three residences. In 1835 it was demolished by another Newcastle builder, Richard Grainger, during the construction of Grey Street. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From the Davidson album.
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