Walker, Forster Street, Wincomblee Hotel

HER Number:
15882

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Forster Street, Wincomblee Hotel

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened circa 1913. Owned by Armstrong Whitworth. In 1937 Robert Deuchar bought it for £2,750. Later it became a Scottish and Newcastle pub. In 2013 it is Crockett's Hotel.

Easting:
2954

Northing:
6445

Grid Reference:
NZ29546445

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 44-45