Westgate Road, Crown Public House (Tyne Buffet)
Westgate Road, Crown Public House (Tyne Buffet)
HER Number
17344
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Crown Public House (Tyne Buffet)
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
Extant Building
Description
The Crown. Rebuilt 1860 and in 1896 becme the Crown Buffet. Later the Stoll Theatre Buffet, the Tyne Theatre Buffet and the Pit Bar. The licence was used to briefly reopen the adjacent Brandy Vaults which later became Tilleys in 1991 incorporating the old Tyne Buffet.
Easting
424378
Northing
564049
Grid Reference
NZ424378564049
Sources
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West