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Description: | Richard Grainger was born into a poor Newcastle family in 1797. He became a builder's apprentice, and quickly learnt the ways of the trade. Grainger set up his own construction company, and completed Higham Place, Newcastle, in 1819. This success led to more contracts. Between 1830 and 1840, Grainger completed a vast redevelopment of the centre of Newcastle. Grainger was a very successful businessman for much of his life. However, his purchase of Elswick Estate in 1839 left him in great debt. At his death in 1861, Grainger was in financial ruin. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work artists living in the North East art designers men | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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