Cowgate, The Windmill Inn Public House

HER Number:
17471

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Cowgate, The Windmill Inn Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Winmill 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:
2234

Northing:
6621

Grid Reference:
NZ22346621

Lats/Lons:

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