Newcastle, Low Friar Street, Three Tuns Inn

HER Number:
11069

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Low Friar Street, Three Tuns Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Beer was brewed behind this inn. John Henderson Shepherd brewed here from 1855 to 1879. He handed the premises over to Andrew Burnside. Two years later Hodge & Stevens were the owners. They improved the brewery but then sold off their equipment and stock which included a brand new refrigerating machine. In the 1880s Dover, McEwan & Co. took over the inn, later Dover & Newsome Baxter Ltd. It lost its licence in 1906 when magistrates deemed it to be over-run by prostitutes and other "disorderly characters". In 1924 Joel's Auction Galleries (HER 6482) were erected on the site, later to become Barker and Stonehouse furniture shop.

Easting:
2459

Northing:
6425

Grid Reference:
NZ24596425

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 31, 55; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 13