Byron Street, Prince of Wales Public House

HER Number

15659

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byron Street, Prince of Wales Public House

Place

Shieldfield

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Demolished Building

Description

Altered by JH Graham in 1887. Became a Bass pub in 1958. Closed in 1972.

Easting

425400

Northing

564900

Grid Reference

NZ425400564900

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 17