Church Street, Cumberland Arms and Park Hotel
Church Street, Cumberland Arms and Park Hotel
HER Number
15868
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Church Street, Cumberland Arms and Park Hotel
Place
Walker
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
This was a beerhouse that was granted a full licence in the 1890s. It was altered in 1912. In 1937 the Cumberland Arms and the neighbouring Park Hotel were rebuilt to form a new Cumberland Arms. It closed in 1997.
Easting
429000
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ429000564000
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 43