Sunniside, Gateshead Road, Potter's Wheel Public House
Sunniside, Gateshead Road, Potter's Wheel Public House
HER Number
16365
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Sunniside, Gateshead Road, Potter's Wheel Public House
Place
Sunniside
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Opened as the Blue Parrot. One of the first nightclubs in the north-east. Then became The Golden Palace Chinese restaurant. In 1991 The Potter's Wheel closed as a fire but it reopened in 1992. Two storey building painted white. Timber painted black. New windows and shutters. Double pitched roof, barge boards and finial at gable end. Porch on columns.
Easting
420910
Northing
558640
Grid Reference
NZ420910558640
Sources
Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Front Street, Sunniside, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/frontst.html