Fisher Street, Royal George Hotel
Fisher Street, Royal George Hotel
HER Number
9905
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Fisher Street, Royal George Hotel
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
The Royal George Hotel is a fine building currently in a poor state due to fire damage. The two storey building has a rendered upper floor, but is noted for its fine brown tiled ground floor on the north and east faces. Each of these facades has a round arched entrances flanked by two round arched windows at either side. The tiles in the arch spandrels are a different shade of brown to the bulk of the tiles in the design. These tiles are a red-brown and are similar in shade to the brick of the chimneys which rise from the north and south ends of the building. LOCAL LIST
Easting
429730
Northing
564900
Grid Reference
NZ429730564900
Sources
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 44