Shieldfield, Shield Street, Chester Hotel Public House

HER Number:
15660

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shieldfield, Shield Street, Chester Hotel Public House

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Built in 1868. On corner of Shield Street and Portland Road. A Robert Deuchar pub from 1873. Closed in 1974 when it was owned by Newcastle Breweries.

Easting:
2566

Northing:
6509

Grid Reference:
NZ25666509

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 17