Newcastle, Pitt Street, The Greyhound PH (Cumberland Wrestler

HER Number:
10754

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Pitt Street, The Greyhound PH (Cumberland Wrestler

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Rebuilt 1899. Sold in 1920 for £6,900. Became a Bass house in 1958 and was auctioned by the company in 1982. Bought by Jennings Bros of Cockermouth, and renamed the Cumberland Wrestler. It has been known as the Milburn since 1990.

Easting:
2396

Northing:
6452

Grid Reference:
NZ23966452

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West