Crown Posada Public House

The Crown Posada Public House is a public house built in 1880 by WL Newcombe, located in Newcastle upon Tyne. It features a grey granite plinth, sandstone ashlar, and a graduated slate roof. The building is three storeys tall with an attic and has four bays. The slightly projecting end bays include steps leading up to a double six-panelled door with an overlight featuring glazing bars on the left, and an elaborate wrought iron gate with an overlight on the right. The two central windows display Pre-Raphaelite style stained glass pictures.

Above each ground floor bay are swaged panels defined by fluted pilasters, along with an entablature that has a pulvinated frieze and an egg-and-dart moulded cornice. The upper floor windows have architraves, with casements that include transom lights. The outer pediments are segmented above the first-floor windows and feature a full-width balustrade, while cornices sit above the second-floor windows. The top cornice, which has modillion detailing, breaks forward at the projections. The balustrade between the projections supports dormers with Ionic pilasters and raised pediments, with two similar dormers located behind the balustrade. The high mansard roof features tall square hips over the end bays and has tall ashlar corniced end chimneys.

Inside, the front left area is marked off by a low wood and glass screen. The servery includes a panelled counter bar back with a deep cornice and a top featuring a dentil frieze. On the right side, there is a matchboard dado with mirrors framed in mahogany running the length of the building. A low partition separates the two rear drinking areas, with a door removed between them. The ceiling has deeply recessed panels framed with guilloche and egg-and-dart ornamentation.

The Crown Posada is a well-designed late 19th-century public house that retains its original layout and most of its fittings.