Gosforth Street, Gosforth Arms Public House
Gosforth Street, Gosforth Arms Public House
HER Number
15662
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gosforth Street, Gosforth Arms Public House
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Sometimes called the Gosforth Inn. Modernised in 1872. Closed in the 1950s when Newcastle Breweries moved the licence to the Northumberland Hussar in Heaton.
Easting
257
Northing
648
Grid Reference
NZ257648
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 18