Henry Street, Alexandra Inn

HER Number:
15665

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Henry Street, Alexandra Inn

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific:
Beer House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Had only a beer and wine licence. Consisted of a bar and two snugs. Sold in 1896. Modernised in 1926. Closed in 1941 and became a dwelling house.

Easting:
425600

Northing:
564600

Grid Reference:
NZ425600564600

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20; Joe Hind, 1994, A Shieldfield Childhood