Newcastle, Bigg Market, Golden Lion Inn

HER Number:
6694

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Bigg Market, Golden Lion Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Bigg Market, Golden Lion Inn First and second floors have two rows of windows each. Those on the first floor are sashes. In between these are signs. Jetty beneath the second floor. Entrance door on ground floor (second bay from left). Large rounded window in third bay. First and fourth bays have large windows. Timber, 3 storeys

Easting:
248

Northing:
641

Grid Reference:
NZ248641

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Photographs, NCL 52666 and NCL 33786; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 19; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland