Newcastle, Percy Street, Percy House Public House

HER Number:
15612

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Percy Street, Percy House Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Once the Percy Cottage beerhouse. It was leased for £115 per annum when it was sold at auction for £3500 in 1897. In 1926 it changed hands for £5500. It closed when its lease expired in 1954.

Easting:
246

Northing:
646

Grid Reference:
NZ246646

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 9