The Crown Inn PH

This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'The Crown Inn opened in 1834 making it the second oldest continuous pub in South Shields after The Ship at Harton. The first licensee in 1834 was Mary Hall, Mary Hart in 1839, Mary Hall in 1851 and Mary Chambers in 1854, maybe it should have been called Mary’s Place! (source Licensing Records). In 1839 the landlady Mary Hart touchingly gave the address as "The Sea Side". On July 14th, 1880, Captain Cook (J. H.) was the licensee, despite popular belief this was not the famous Captain Cook. In 1884 it was advertised to let stating: “This free and old fashioned public house having an uninterrupted view of the German Ocean and entrance to the Tyne.” The name Crown Inn is still visible on the roof of the building. It changed its name to the Harbour Lights on the 8th July 1965. It was a Westoe Breweries pub in 1953 and a Bass Charrington pub from 1966 until 2002.'