Henry Street, Alexandra Inn

HER Number

15665

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Henry Street, Alexandra Inn

Place

Shieldfield

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Beer House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Had only a beer and wine licence. Consisted of a bar and two snugs. Sold in 1896. Modernised in 1926. Closed in 1941 and became a dwelling house.

Easting

425600

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ425600564600

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20; Joe Hind, 1994, A Shieldfield Childhood