
Walkergate, Shields Road, Colliery Engine Inn
Walkergate, Shields Road, Colliery Engine Inn
HER Number
11327
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walkergate, Shields Road, Colliery Engine Inn
Place
Walkergate
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Demolished Building
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1856 as The Engine Public House. White-painted stone, ashlar quoins, slate roof. Three storeys, the top floor being the attic space with windows just under the eaves. Two doors in moulded doorcases on front faƧade and two traditional pub windows with 12 lights in similar moulded cases, painted black and red. Old brass lamp above right hand door. Demolished without record circa 2005. Number 517 adjoining is stone-fronted with sash windows, moulded doorcase and pediment and modern louvred shutters. Same three storeys, slate roof {1}. A Newcastle Breweries house from 1914. In 1977 it was described as "a gloriously basic working man's pub". It was modernised in the mid 1980s {Bennison 1997, p 42}.
Easting
428300
Northing
565670
Grid Reference
NZ428300565670
Sources
Pers comm, Jennifer Morrison, 2008; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 2, p 42