Shield Street, Chester Hotel Public House

HER Number:
15660

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shield Street, Chester Hotel 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:
Built in 1868. On corner of Shield Street and Portland Road. A Robert Deuchar pub from 1873. Closed in 1974 when it was owned by Newcastle Breweries.

Easting:
425660

Northing:
565090

Grid Reference:
NZ425660565090

Lats/Lons:

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