Westgate Road, Criterion Public House

HER Number

15586

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, Criterion Public House

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Criterion was bought by James Deuchar in 1900. This small bar was threatened with closure after the Second World War. In 1951 it just clung onto its licence, promising that suitable men's toilets would be provided and that no women would be allowed to enter apart from those who worked there. The Criterion closed in 1857.

Easting

424500

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ424500564000

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 34