Pitt Street, The Greyhound PH (Cumberland Wrestler

HER Number

10754

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Pitt Street, The Greyhound PH (Cumberland Wrestler

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Extant Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Rebuilt 1899. Sold in 1920 for £6,900. Became a Bass house in 1958 and was auctioned by the company in 1982. Bought by Jennings Bros of Cockermouth, and renamed the Cumberland Wrestler. It has been known as the Milburn since 1990.

Easting

423960

Northing

564520

Grid Reference

NZ423960564520

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West