Shieldfield, Clarence Street, Clarence Hotel

HER Number:
15655

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shieldfield, Clarence Street, Clarence Hotel

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Altered in 1872 and again in 1896. Owned by Arrol's. Newcastle's Chief Constable and the city's licensing bench thought that 27 licensed premises in Shieldfield was excessive. Shieldfield covered 46 acres and had 6,600 inhabitants. The 27 licences worked out at one licence for every 244 people. Newcastle as a whole had 1 licence for every 503 people. So four pubs (including the Clarence Hotel) and six beerhouses in Shieldfield were closed in 1927.

Easting:
257

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ257647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 16