English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425760
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564230
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. This was a Robert Deuchar house. In 1842 it had 'a compact brewery, built on improved lines and capable of 18 half-barrels'. It lost its licence in 1912.
Site Name
City Road, London Tavern Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10584
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under Tyne Tees TV Studios
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under Tyne Tees TV Studios
Site Name
City Road, Wesleyan Mission Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Mission Church
HER Number
10583
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564260
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under Tyne Tees TV Studios
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under Tyne Tees TV Studios. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The area was known as Little Egypt (see John Wood's plan of Newcastle 1827 and Thomas Oliver 1830), alluding to the huge grain stores like those of the Pharaohs.
Site Name
City Road, Egypt House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
10582
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, EGYPT COTTAGE PUBLIC HOUSE Photographic Recording and Development History; Tyne and Wear Museums 2009 Tyne Tees Television Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425870
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The Egypt Cottage is sometimes cited as Newcastle's first licenced house. It certainly existed as the Egypt Inn in the early 18th century, later the Egypt Tavern. It is located in an area known as Little Egypt (see John Wood's plan of Newcastle 1827), alluding to the huge grain stores like those of the Pharoahs. Richardson’s Trade Directory of Newcastle for 1838 lists a Mr John Bell as the landlord of the Egypt Cottage public house. The pub was rebuilt in 1873 as the Eygpt Cottage. The owner was Mrs Susanna Gibson. The new Egypt Cottage of 1873 was terraced northwards into the valley slope. The building was long (east-west) and of two floors, entirely of brick apart from some sandstone walls in the cellar. The structure was skewed to take in the curve of City Road at this point. Rooms on the ground floor included a bar, bar parlour, a tap room and a kitchen. The first floor was largely accommodation apart from the long club room at the east. The yard to the rear was angled and small with ash pits at the north end. It seems unlikely that the dog-legged east wall of the building was ever completed to this plan. Certainly, the second edition Ordnance Survey of 1897 (not included) shows the wall straight. The front elevation of the public house is shown on one of the submitted drawings. As today, the first floor has six sash windows with stone lintels and sills with a slate roof above (roof trusses were of standard king-post construction). The ground floor elevation was ornate, befitting a public house with ornate panelling and windows. At this time there was a central door and doors to the east and west extremities. In 1925 it was sold to McEwan's for £6, 250. It later passed to Scottish & Newcastle. It was a free house before closure. On New Year's Day 1932 the pub was damaged by fire, probably started by burglars. In 1937 architects W M and T R Milburn of Sunderland submitted plans for major alterations. On the ground floor there was to be a main counter bar with sitting rooms to east and west and a rear room marked as a cellar. Hallways to east and west led to the private accommodation upstairs and to the yard. One of the former bedrooms is marked as a kitchen and the stairways had been altered from the 1873 pattern. At the end of the 1950s the area to the north of City Road around the Egypt Cottage was developed as the studios for Tyne Tees Television. The Egypt Cottage, as the local public house became known as ‘studio five’, (there were only four Tyne Tees studios; it was the equivalent of the ‘19th hole’ on a golf course). Demolished in 2009 but recorded beforehand. The ground floor bar and adjacent room to the east were decorated in a rather eclectic style with certain features harking back to the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 30s which, with its enthusiasm for ancient Egyptian art following the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922, is very appropriate for the Egypt Cottage. The long marble-topped counter bar and tall shelving to the rear were quite grand features. Upstairs, the long club room was disused but must have been an intimate venue for music with a stage area, dark blue walls and a ‘mansard’ ceiling above painted with a quite realistic blue sky and clouds.
Site Name
City Road, Egypt Cottage Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10581
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22-23; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, EGYPT COTTAGE PUBLIC HOUSE Photographic Recording and
Development History; The City Road elevation of The Egypt Cottage Public House from deposited ‘proposed’ drawings of 1937 (Tyne and Wear Archives: DT. TRM/2/32-40); Sandra Robertson Consultancy 2007 Egypt Cottage, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne: An Appraisal;
Tyne and Wear Museums 2009 Tyne Tees Television Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425870
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Georgian 1714 to 1830
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Urban Space
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The area was known as Little Egypt (see John Wood's plan of Newcastle 1827 and Thomas Oliver 1830), alluding to the 18th century huge wooden grain stores like those of the Pharoahs.
Site Name
City Road, Egypt Square
Site Type: Specific
Square
HER Number
10580
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, EGYPT COTTAGE PUBLIC HOUSE Photographic Recording and Development History; Tyne and Wear Museums 2009 Tyne Tees Television Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425880
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SE 253
Northing
564230
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Opened in 1902. The building is built of brick and of two storeys. A Fitzgerald's house. Closed in 1995.
Site Name
City Road, Rose and Crown Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10579
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; National Monuments Record monument number 955142, building file BF064296 and BF064300; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425760
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now Bar Six.
Site Type: Broad
Inn
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now Bar Six.
Site Name
Gibson Street, Sun Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
HER Number
10578
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425760
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564340
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Owned by Ridley, Cutter & Firth. Closed in 1914.
Site Name
Gibson Street, Joiner's Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10577
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 20
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425740
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Owned by Arrol's from 1908. Also known as the American Coffee House. Demolished before 1914.
Site Name
Gibson Street, Clydesdale Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10576
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 20
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564420
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under student flats.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under student flats.
Site Name
Stepney Lane, Red Barns Hotel Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10575
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008