1 Union Quay, Wm. Wight Ltd

HER Number

9367

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

1 Union Quay, Wm. Wight Ltd

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Hotel

Site Type: Specific

Hotel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Wright's shipping grocers. The shop premises started life as the Highlander Hotel in 1847. During WW2 it became a navy office. William Wight started his grocer's business here in 1929. The shop provided fishing fleets with stores and provisions. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436130

Northing

568400

Grid Reference

NZ436130568400

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; Richard Simpson, 1988, North Shields and Tynemouth - A Pictorial History; FISHcast, sub-group of FISH (Folk Interested in Shields Harbour), 2007, North Shields - The New Quay and The Fish Quay Conservation Areas - FISHcast Community Character Statement; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, 2010, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 3 'A nest of vice' and board 7 'Peggy's Hole'; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)