The Central Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Public house. 9 related planning applications.
The Central Public House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-dormer-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Central Public House, Half Moon Lane, NE8 2AN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 254 634
- Coordinates
- 54.96545, -1.60457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Central Public House is a building constructed in 1854 by M Thompson, located on a flattened triangular island site. It is made of coursed stone with ashlar dressings and features a low pitched Welsh slate roof with corniced stone stacks. The structure has three storeys at the east end and two storeys at the west end, with a total of five bays on each side. Notable architectural details include a moulded eaves cornice and frieze, raised quoins, and a high moulded plinth. The upper floors are adorned with five-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned windows that have raised surrounds. The ground floor is arcaded, featuring archivolts and strong key-stones, with the arches framed in an Ionic Order supported by faceted rusticated pilasters, which continue into the arch pilasters. Some windows have engraved glass and patterned glazing bars. The south-west front has wider, plainer bays and includes a "Norman Shaw" type oriel in the southernmost bay. The entrance is located in a single bay on the west side. Originally built by Alderman Potts, a wine merchant, the building served as business premises before becoming a hotel around 1890.
Local climate
The Central Public House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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