Crown and Anchor Public House
Crown and Anchor Public House
HER Number
15880
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Crown and Anchor Public House
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
Owned by Newcastle's Hanover Square Brewery then F.M. Laing. In 1920 it was bought by William Gilroy of the Raby. He altered the Crown and Anchor in the 1930s. He then sold it to McEwan's. In the 1950s there were plans to create a bar annexe from a bottle store, take the select room into the sitting room and move the manager's quarters upstairs. In 1954 it was decided not to proceed with the alterations. The pub closed in 1969.
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 44