Oil Mill Road, Neptune Hotel
Oil Mill Road, Neptune Hotel
HER Number
15870
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Oil Mill Road, Neptune Hotel
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Bought by W.B Reid in 1903. In 1908 it was reconstructed as the Neptune Hotel. It was a three-storey hotel, the façade decorated with tiles. There were alterations in 1937. In 1952 the ground floor singing room was altered. The Neptune Hotel closed in 1976.
Easting
429830
Northing
565420
Grid Reference
NZ429830565420
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 44