Pilgrim Street, White House Public House
Pilgrim Street, White House Public House
HER Number
10609
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Pilgrim Street, White House Public House
Place
Newcastle
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
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Site now occupied by Carliol House (HER 1910). In 1871 John Ewan McPherson acquired the White House Inn and erected purpose-built White House Buildings. At the turn of the twentieth century he sold it to Newcastle Corporation.
Easting
425000
Northing
564380
Grid Reference
NZ425000564380
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers & Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to the present day, p 70; Bennison, Brian, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One, The Central Area, p35