Great North Road, Three Mile Inn

HER Number

15627

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Great North Road, Three Mile Inn

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Built by James Deuchar in 1938. Described thus "no finer example of the modern road-house can be found… Built of Kenton stone, its pillared portico gives it a neo-Georgian style". A grill room was added in 1965. There have been several extensions and alterations since then.

Easting

424300

Northing

569490

Grid Reference

NZ424300569490

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 10