Prudhoe Street, County Inn

HER Number

10740

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Prudhoe Street, County Inn

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Inn

Site Type: Specific

Inn

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. A brewery was attached to it around 1865. The inn was bought by F.M. Laing in 1886 and rebuilt in 1897. It closed around 1940, reopening as an upholstery workshop. Site now under multi storey car park.

Easting

424680

Northing

564640

Grid Reference

NZ424680564640

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 75; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9