Westgate Road, Rum Puncheon Public House

HER Number

15569

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, Rum Puncheon Public House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

At the bottom of Westgate Road, around the corner from Neville Street. The Rum Puncheon ceased trading in 1876.

Easting

424840

Northing

563940

Grid Reference

NZ424840563940

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 27