Throckley, Newburn Road, Centurion Public House

HER Number:
17469

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Newburn Road, Centurion Public House

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A provisional licence was granted to Newcastle Breweries to construct a public house on the Mount Pleasant Estate in 1950. This became the Centurion which became the Throckley Inn in 1984 and turned back to the Centurion in 1990 when it was acquired by Go Ahead Leisure. Demolished 2009.

Easting:
1600

Northing:
6642

Grid Reference:
NZ16006642

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West