Groat Market, Collingwood Restaurant and Buffet

HER Number:
15556

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Groat Market, Collingwood Restaurant and Buffet

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Built in 1890 by Mrs Swanston of Rye Hill. Part of the restaurant operated as a public bar but you weren't supposed to be able to buy a drink unless you bought something to eat. The Collingwood restaurant closed in 1926 but reopened as the Groat House pub. Is this now Ohso?

Easting:
424890

Northing:
564030

Grid Reference:
NZ424890564030

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 24