The Old George Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. Public house.

The Old George Public House

WRENN ID
scattered-oriel-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Public house
Address
The Old George Public House, Old George Yard, NE1 1EZ
OS grid reference
NZ 248 641
Coordinates
54.97141, -1.61276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old George Public House is an early 17th century house that has undergone significant alterations in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The building is primarily constructed of brick, which is mostly rendered and partially painted, with rubble stone at the rear and under the arch. It features Welsh slate roofs.

The facade is divided into three parts: the western section has three storeys and two windows, while the central section has two storeys and three windows, both of which are stuccoed. To the south-east, there is an irregular two-storey section made of painted brick above a carriage arch. The entrance includes two six-panel doors set in pedimented doorcases. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, including four tripartite windows. The arch is supported by stout beams, with rubble walls beneath that contain two segment-headed doorways. The roofs are high-pitched, except for the third section.

The long, irregular rear elevation is made of large rubble stonework, with some areas patched. One original window surround remains, along with a large chimney breast that contains a wide fireplace featuring a shallow segmental chamfered stone arch with rounded corners and slightly vermiculate voussoirs. The main rooms on both floors have stout, fairly close-set joists, likely from the early 18th century. The bar at the east end has stout, shallow joists that are probably original. The roofs were renewed in the 18th century.

Local climate

The Old George 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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