Clarence Street, Clarence Hotel

Altered in 1872 and again in 1896. Owned by Arrol's. Newcastle's Chief Constable and the city's licensing bench thought that 27 licensed premises in Shieldfield was excessive. Shieldfield covered 46 acres and had 6,600 inhabitants. The 27 licences worked out at one licence for every 244 people. Newcastle as a whole had 1 licence for every 503 people. So four pubs (including the Clarence Hotel) and six beerhouses in Shieldfield were closed in 1927.