Newcastle, Sandgate, Green Tree Public House

HER Number:
15821

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Sandgate, Green Tree Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Green Tree public house stood halfway along Sandgate. It was a two-storey beerhouse. In 1896 a Heaton builder bought the pub with a view to demolish and rebuild it. One afternoon when 18 workmen were working on it, the building collapsed and killed 4 men and injured several others. Rebuilt in 1897. The new pub was acquired by Woods of South Shields in 1902. In 1919 it passed to Newcastle Breweries. Closed in 1940.

Easting:
25

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ2564

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, pp 24-25