Percy Street, Percy House Public House

HER Number

15612

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Percy Street, Percy House Public House

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

Demolished Building

Description

Once the Percy Cottage beerhouse. It was leased for £115 per annum when it was sold at auction for £3500 in 1897. In 1926 it changed hands for £5500. It closed when its lease expired in 1954.

Easting

424600

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ424600564600

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 9