Groat Market, Collingwood Restaurant and Buffet

HER Number

15556

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Groat Market, Collingwood Restaurant and Buffet

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

Extant Building

Description

Built in 1890 by Mrs Swanston of Rye Hill. Part of the restaurant operated as a public bar but you weren't supposed to be able to buy a drink unless you bought something to eat. The Collingwood restaurant closed in 1926 but reopened as the Groat House pub. Is this now Ohso?

Easting

424890

Northing

564030

Grid Reference

NZ424890564030

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 24