The Close, Anchor Public House
The Close, Anchor Public House
HER Number
15608
District
Newcastle
Site Name
The Close, Anchor 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
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Built in the beginning of the 19th century. Rebuilt in 1878. By the 1960s the building was in a dangerous condition. Charrington's sought planning permission to remove the two top floors and add a corrugated asbestos roof. Permission was not granted. The Anchor closed in 1967.
Easting
424900
Northing
563600
Grid Reference
NZ424900563600
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 41