Half Moon Lane, Wheelers
Half Moon Lane, Wheelers
HER Number
7914
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Half Moon Lane, Wheelers
Place
Gateshead
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
Documentary Evidence
Description
Public house. Three storeys, slate roof, six chimneys. Curved building on corner plot. Date stone on parapet on roof PW 1891. Part of a single composition by James M Robinson with shops and a pub at either end (see HER 7915). The two pubs were thought to be connected by an east-west cellar passage along the northern side of the range. Wheelers was damaged by fire circa 2000 and was subsequently demolished.
Easting
425430
Northing
563520
Grid Reference
NZ425430563520
Sources
Red Box Design Group, 2000, plans and photographs