Westgate Road, Duke of Gloucester Public House

HER Number

10716

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, Duke of Gloucester Public House

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Bought along with the Belgrave Hotel for £20000 in 1929. Bought bby McEwan's in 1950 for £9000 later becoming a Scottish & Newcastle house. Fell under a Compulsary Purchase Order in 1970 and closed 1972.

Easting

423300

Northing

564320

Grid Reference

NZ423300564320

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West