Shieldfield, Clarence Street, Ridley Arms Public House

HER Number:
15663

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shieldfield, Clarence Street, Ridley Arms Public House

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
On the corner of Clarence Street and Hewgill Terrace. Owned by the Haymarket Brewery, then Newcastle Breweries from 1896. Surrounding houses were demolished in the late 1960s leaving the Ridley Arms in an isolated position. It closed in 1977.

Easting:
257

Northing:
648

Grid Reference:
NZ257648

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20