Old George Yard, The Old George Public House

HER Number:
8785

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Old George Yard, The Old George Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Inn

Site Type: Specific:
Coaching Inn

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Early C17 or earlier house with considerable alterations in C18 and early C19. Brick, mainly rendered, part painted, rubble stone to rear and under arch; Welsh slate roofs. Three-part facade: at west of three storeys, two windows; in centre two storeys, three windows, both sections stuccoed. To south-east over a carriage arch an irregular two-storey part of painted brick. Two six-panel doors in pedimented doorcases. Sash windows with glazing bars, four of them tripartite. Arch supported on stout beams. Rubble walls beneath with two segment-headed door- ways. High-pitched roofs except in third part. Long, irregular rear elevation of large rubble stonework, patched in places. One original window surround remains and a large chimney breast, inside which is a wide fireplace with shallow segmental chamfered stone arch with rounded corners and slightly vermiculate voussoirs. Main rooms on both floors have stout, fairly close-set joists, possibly of early C18. Bar at east end has stout, shallow joists, probably original. Roofs renewed in C18. LISTED GRADE 2. Charles I reportedly was allowed to drink in this pub in 1646 whilst he was being held captive by the Scots. The chair which he sat in is in the Charles I Room. Many visitors have claimed to see a ghostly figure sitting in the chair. Footsteps have been heard in the bar when it is closed. A man with a dog has been seen standing at the bar. In the main function room staff have reported feeling nauseous {Kirkup 2009.

Easting:
424890

Northing:
564160

Grid Reference:
NZ424890564160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/434; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 57-58; Rob Kirkup, 2009, Ghostly Tyne & Wear, pages 87-88; Gordon Rutter, 2009, Paranormal Newcastle; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 140; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 21; Pearson, Lynn F, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, p 27