11 Groat Market, Blackie Boy Public House

HER Number

6461

District

Newcastle

Site Name

11 Groat Market, Blackie Boy Public House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Extant Building

Description

Designed by Lamb and Armstrong around 1890 and refaced in 1927. A market inn. In 1889 the rear of the building collapsed, and was rebuilt in 1890. It has had several names in the last twenty years from the Groat Bar to the Coffee Johnny and then the Blackie Boy - it still carries two different names on its fascias. LOCAL LIST

Easting

424880

Northing

564040

Grid Reference

NZ424880564040

Sources

N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 33; Frank Graham, 2005, Newcastle - A Short History and Guide, page 28; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 24; Pearson, Lynn F, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub - an architectural history, p 28; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland