The Close, Anchor Public House

HER Number:
15608

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Close, Anchor Public House

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:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Built in the beginning of the 19th century. Rebuilt in 1878. By the 1960s the building was in a dangerous condition. Charrington's sought planning permission to remove the two top floors and add a corrugated asbestos roof. Permission was not granted. The Anchor closed in 1967.

Easting:
424900

Northing:
563600

Grid Reference:
NZ424900563600

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 41