The Windmill Inn Public House

HER Number

17471

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Windmill Inn Public House

Place

Cowgate

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The Windmill Inn (previously the Mill Inn) had only a beer and cider licence when owned by the Fenham Estates in 1903. By 1934 it had developed into 'a big and handsome establishment'. It w as a Vaux house when it closed in 1996. Now demolished.

Easting

422341

Northing

566201

Grid Reference

NZ422341566201

Sources

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