Crawhall Road, Mitre Tavern

HER Number

15694

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Crawhall Road, Mitre Tavern

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

Demolished Building

Description

A beerhouse, later a pub called the Mitre. Bought by Bass in 1920. Altered in 1934. Extended into an adjoining property in 1958. Received a full licence in 1961. Closed in 1969.

Easting

425900

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ425900564400

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 21