Cowgate, The Windmill Inn Public House
Cowgate, The Windmill Inn Public House
HER Number
17471
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cowgate, The Windmill Inn Public House
Place
Cowgate
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
The Windmill Inn (previously the Mill Inn) had only a beer and cider licence when owned by the Fenham Estates in 1903. By 1934 it had developed into 'a big and handsome establishment'. It w as a Vaux house when it closed in 1996. Now demolished.
Easting
422340
Northing
566210
Grid Reference
NZ422340566210
Sources
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West