Gosforth Street, Gosforth Arms Public House

HER Number:
15662

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth Street, Gosforth Arms Public House

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Sometimes called the Gosforth Inn. Modernised in 1872. Closed in the 1950s when Newcastle Breweries moved the licence to the Northumberland Hussar in Heaton.

Easting:
425700

Northing:
564800

Grid Reference:
NZ425700564800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 18