Prudhoe Street, Grapes Public House

HER Number

15613

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Prudhoe Street, Grapes 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

Demolished Building

Description

Shut down by magistrates in 1896 after the licensee was convicted of a number of offences, including supplying a police constable with intoxicating liquor when on duty.

Easting

424800

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ424800564600

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 9