Gosforth, Haddricks Mill Road, Millstone Public House

HER Number:
9965

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Haddricks Mill Road, Millstone Public House

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
The Millstone public house is a popular local landmark and an architecturally strong and powerful building. There are remnants of an earlier building on the site, possibly relating to the previous pub or industry at the location. The present building was constructed in 1900, although it is known that there was a pub on site since at least the 1890s. The building has had numerous owners including J H Graham, Ridley Cutter and Firth, Deuchar’s, Newcastle Hotels Ltd, and Bass. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2550

Northing:
6786

Grid Reference:
NZ25506786

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Newcastle City Council, 2003, Jesmond Dene Conservation Area Character Statement, p 18; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 9; Lynn F Pearson, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, p 35-38-9; James Cackett drawings 1898, Tyne & Wear Archives 251/11 no 678