1-3 Bigg Market, Vine Inn

HER Number

6456

District

Newcastle

Site Name

1-3 Bigg Market, Vine Inn

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

Arthur B. Gibson for Messrs Gibson-Pybus around 1885. A public house (known as The Vine in 1947) and offices. Built in red brick and terracotta pottery decorations with some stone. Quite plain, almost industrial in character, with two large gables. These were origianally taller with cappings and finials but this whole decorative section has been removed. [2004 occupied by Freemans shop].

Easting

424790

Northing

564110

Grid Reference

NZ424790564110

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; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers & Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to the present day, p 62; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 19; Pearson, Lynn F, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, pp 20-23