Newcastle, Westgate Road, Carlisle Public House

HER Number:
6441

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Carlisle Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Nos. 149-157 Westgate Road and 35-39 St. James Boulevard (1-5 Blenheim Street). Built in the early to mid 19th century. Appears on the Ordnance Survey first edition as The Blenheim Tavern, with a passageway to the rear, Westgate Court. The pub was refurbished as the Carlisle Public House in 1866 and designed by John Johnsone. The building was a rare example of local polychromatic brickwork (light coloured brick with red brick bands and arches). It was derelict from the mid 1980s. Demolished in 2004 but recorded beforehand. The building was in very poor condition, with large parts of the roof and floors missing. Nevertheless a photographic record was taken of the exterior and interior.

Easting:
2428

Northing:
6406

Grid Reference:
NZ24286406

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town, p 71; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2003, Blenheim Street/Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; The Archaeological Practice, 2004, The Carlisle Public House - Archaeological Recording; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West