Liddell Street, Prince of Wales Public House

HER Number

9437

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Liddell Street, Prince of Wales Public House

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A 1927 rebuild of an earlier pub on the site. It incorporates the lintel of a doorway of the Press Gang Headquarters, bearing the date 1674. Since about 1814 there has been a 'Wooden Dolly' outside this public house. The present one (HER 11116) dates to 1992. LOCAL LIST

Easting

435840

Northing

568200

Grid Reference

NZ435840568200

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; Keith Armstrong, 1994, The Wooden Dolly - the story of the North Shields Wooden Dolly; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)