English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
426000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Closed around 1900.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Closed around 1900.
Site Name
City Road, Pheasant Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15695
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 22
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
A beerhouse, later a pub called the Mitre. Bought by Bass in 1920. Altered in 1934. Extended into an adjoining property in 1958. Received a full licence in 1961. Closed in 1969.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
A beerhouse, later a pub called the Mitre. Bought by Bass in 1920. Altered in 1934. Extended into an adjoining property in 1958. Received a full licence in 1961. Closed in 1969.
Site Name
Crawhall Road, Mitre Tavern
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15694
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Owned by Ridley, Cutter & Firth. Altered in 1901. Closed in 1935.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Owned by Ridley, Cutter & Firth. Altered in 1901. Closed in 1935.
Site Name
Blagdon Street, Freemasons Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15693
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Disappeared before the turn of the 20th century.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Disappeared before the turn of the 20th century.
Site Name
Melbourne Street, Royal Hotel Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15692
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Bought by Alloa brewer Maclay & Co. for £4,159 in 1923. Closed in 1951.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Bought by Alloa brewer Maclay & Co. for £4,159 in 1923. Closed in 1951.
Site Name
Melbourne Street, Red Barns Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15691
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Bought by Alloa brewer Maclay & Co. for £4,159 in 1923. It passed to Hammonds of Bradford in 1956. Ceased trading in 1962.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Bought by Alloa brewer Maclay & Co. for £4,159 in 1923. It passed to Hammonds of Bradford in 1956. Ceased trading in 1962.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Three Crowns Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15690
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425800
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
A beerhouse acquired by Cameron's from Robert Newton's Victoria Brewery. Plans for its rebuild were drawn up in 1937. It was altered in 1958 and received a full licence. Closed in 1967.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
A beerhouse acquired by Cameron's from Robert Newton's Victoria Brewery. Plans for its rebuild were drawn up in 1937. It was altered in 1958 and received a full licence. Closed in 1967.
Site Name
Howard Street, Ropers' Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15689
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5150
DAY1
29
DAY2
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
424730
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564810
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
A factory firewatchers' post with what looks their shelter below it. Recorded by The Archaeological Practice in 2013. Single storey flat-roofed block of brick contemporary with the rear yard wall. A cylindrical conical-capped metal look-out shelter sits on top. Inside, a shaft drops into the basement of the building. The structure blocks up the lower part of a window in the ground floor rear wall. The doorway into the room was fitted with a heavy outward-opening door, the hinges survive. The six-pane sash window is covered by a pair of heavy steel shutters. In the south wall of the room is a steel door with a painted inscription 'DANGER AIR SHAFT' opening onto the shaft which drops into the basement. An iron ladder is fixed to its west wall. This ascends from the basement to a hatch in the concrete roof under the metal shelter. At basement level, the passage seems to have been extended south. At ground floor level the shaft has a small vent in its south wall. The roof-top shelter is a cylindrical structure made of sheet steel, circa 1.1m in diameter and 1.76m high. The conical cap is topped by a metal loop. The shelter is secured to the concrete roof by four L-shaped metal brackets. On the east side there is a door 1.36m high and 0.58m wide, which opens outwards. To the north-west and south-west are small horizontal slits. Inside the structure there is an unidentified electrical device (a fan?) fixed to the side of the cylinder. The hatch occupies most of the floor space so presumably a board or plate would have been placed across the aperture when someone was in post. The metal shelter is similar to one advertised by Aleens of Tipton (Staffordshire). The shelter would not have had wide views - just the rear yard. The room on the ground floor had been blast-proofed and was intended as a strong room, presumbaly for company records. The basement would have offered refuge for brewery staff during an air raid.
SITEASS
The Pillbox Study Group say they haven't seen one like this before. Looks like a private manufacturer's version of the Consol (a more dalek-shaped portable shelter). Consol Portable Shelters were constructed of bullet-proof steel plate and could provide protection against splinters, shrapnel, falling masonry and glass etc. It was fully portable with a strong 'eye' for lifting purposes. It was supplied in three sizes for one, two or four men. Diameter 3ft (1 man), 4ft (2 men) and or 4ft 9in (4-men). Weight, 9 cwt, 10 cwt and 14 cwt. They were used at aircraft factories (examples known at Radlet, Leavesden and Hatfield). Another surviving example is known at Royal Ordnance Factory Ten at Hooton. There are couple of Consol shelters on Walney golfcourse. During an air raid, the firewatcher, would be up on the roof, in the steel shelter, looking for incendiary bombs that landed on the roof - presumably he had some method of putting the fire out as well. In 'Loopholes No 16' [June 1996] there is a small article and drawing of a very similar example. The reporter shows a picture of one at Manston. These are increasingly rare. Not mentioned on the listed building description for the Bruce Building but deemed to be within curtilage of listed building.
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
SITEDESC
A factory firewatchers' post with what looks their shelter below it. Recorded by The Archaeological Practice in 2013. Single storey flat-roofed block of brick contemporary with the rear yard wall. A cylindrical conical-capped metal look-out shelter sits on top. Inside, a shaft drops into the basement of the building. The structure blocks up the lower part of a window in the ground floor rear wall. The doorway into the room was fitted with a heavy outward-opening door, the hinges survive. The six-pane sash window is covered by a pair of heavy steel shutters. In the south wall of the room is a steel door with a painted inscription 'DANGER AIR SHAFT' opening onto the shaft which drops into the basement. An iron ladder is fixed to its west wall. This ascends from the basement to a hatch in the concrete roof under the metal shelter. At basement level, the passage seems to have been extended south. At ground floor level the shaft has a small vent in its south wall. The roof-top shelter is a cylindrical structure made of sheet steel, circa 1.1m in diameter and 1.76m high. The conical cap is topped by a metal loop. The shelter is secured to the concrete roof by four L-shaped metal brackets. On the east side there is a door 1.36m high and 0.58m wide, which opens outwards. To the north-west and south-west are small horizontal slits. Inside the structure there is an unidentified electrical device (a fan?) fixed to the side of the cylinder. The hatch occupies most of the floor space so presumably a board or plate would have been placed across the aperture when someone was in post. The metal shelter is similar to one advertised by Aleens of Tipton (Staffordshire). The shelter would not have had wide views - just the rear yard. The room on the ground floor had been blast-proofed and was intended as a strong room, presumably for company records. The basement would have offered refuge for brewery staff during an air raid. The shelter provided a means of access and escape from the basement,
Site Name
113-115 Percy Street, firewatchers' post
Site Type: Specific
Firewatchers Post
HER Number
15688
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
http://pillboxstudygroup.freeforums.org/steel-fire-watchers-post-t521.html; http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?2873-Consol-Portable-Shelters; www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/photos/military_buildings/048.shtml; The Archaeological Practice Ltd, 2013, The Bruce Building, Nos. 113-115 and Nos. 101-111 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Buildings Recording;
YEAR1
2013
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
26
District
Newcastle
Easting
425700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
A beerhouse with a small bar and snug in 1897. Altered in 1912. Extended in 1937 by taking in the shop next door. The landlord at the turn of the 20th century was William Veitch, sculler. He died in 1908 and his wife Eleen took over. She ran it until 1939 when she was 75 year's old. In 1948 the Stag's Head was sold for £8000. It was acquired by Nimmo's in 1958. Closed in 1965.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
A beerhouse with a small bar and snug in 1897. Altered in 1912. Extended in 1937 by taking in the shop next door. The landlord at the turn of the 20th century was William Veitch, sculler. He died in 1908 and his wife Eleen took over. She ran it until 1939 when she was 75 year's old. In 1948 the Stag's Head was sold for £8000. It was acquired by Nimmo's in 1958. Closed in 1965.
Site Name
Gibson Street, Stag's Head Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
15687
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20-21
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Education
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
424700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
William Turner, Unitarian Minister, ran a private classical school from his house in Percy Street. Between 1785 and 1802 he had 161 pupils.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
William Turner, Unitarian Minister, ran a private classical school from his house in Percy Street. Between 1785 and 1802 he had 161 pupils.
Site Name
Percy Street, William Turner's school
Site Type: Specific
School
HER Number
15686
Sources
Brian Mains and Anthony Tuck (eds), 1986, Royal Grammar School Newcastle upon Tyne - a History of the School in its Community, p 59
YEAR1
2013