Clarence Street, Ridley Arms Public House
Clarence Street, Ridley Arms Public House
HER Number
15663
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Clarence Street, Ridley Arms Public House
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Demolished Building
Description
On the corner of Clarence Street and Hewgill Terrace. Owned by the Haymarket Brewery, then Newcastle Breweries from 1896. Surrounding houses were demolished in the late 1960s leaving the Ridley Arms in an isolated position. It closed in 1977.
Easting
425700
Northing
564800
Grid Reference
NZ425700564800
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20