Cleadon, Shields Road, The Brittannia Inn

HER Number:
12788

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Shields Road, The Brittannia Inn

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

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:
A fine late 19th century (1894) public house that replaces an earlier coaching inn. Extravagant design in limestone with sandstone quoins, window and door surrounds. It has been extended to the south to more than double its original footprint. The building incorporates a fine stone fireplace from the old Matthew's house that features the initials M M I for Michael and Isobel Matthews, and the date 1675.

Easting:
3842

Northing:
6240

Grid Reference:
NZ38426240

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 44; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas p109; Tithe plan 1839, DDR/EA/TTH/1/252