At the Trinity House site, tree-ring dating has demonstrated the survival of a medieval undercroft to the chapel, dated to AD 1183, in what was previously considered a building of sixteenth-century date. This research has been used to inform appropriate repair strategies and enable listed building consent.

The Grainger Town regeneration project has revitalised the historic heart of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, giving the city-centre a new sense of purpose and self confidence.