39-43 Groat Market

HER Number

6458

District

Newcastle

Site Name

39-43 Groat Market

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Eighteenth century with nineteenth century and twentieth century alterations. Some of what has been found behind their facades is older than the frontages themselves. No. 43 has four columns (possibly of 1928) across the windows on first and second floor. The ground floor is modern. The next one down has an early Victorian appearance and was the Princess Restaurant Public House in 1889 and the Princess Public House up to 1956. Benjamin Simpson altered the dining room and toilets for the Princess Restaurent in the 1880s. LOCAL LIST

Easting

424830

Northing

564090

Grid Reference

NZ424830564090

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 139