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Tilley's Bar, Westgate Road


Tilley's Bar is located next to the Tyne Theatre, on the corner of Westgate Road and Thornton Street in Newcastle. The building dates from the mid 19th century. It was originally known as the Cumberland Inn, then from the 1880s as the Brandy Vaults Public House. For a time, the building was a Chinese restaurant. The building was refurbished in the 1980s by the Tyne Theatre Company as accommodation for players and as a Public House. The name Tilley's was adopted in 1991 in commemoration of Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), who was the one of the great Music Hall male impersonators.[1] Tilley's Bar is on the Local Heritage List for Newcastle.

Westgate Road Local List Historic Buildings and Monuments in Newcastle Thornton Street, Newcastle Public Houses
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062098:Tilley's Westgate Road/Thornton Street Maybury Malcolm 1995
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Tilley's Bar, Westgate Road, NE1
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Tilley's Bar, Westgate Road / Thornton Street, NE1
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053139:Stoll cinema Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1945
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Tyne and Wear HER(6473): Newcastle, Westgate Road, Tilley's PH (Brandy Vaults)
- "Mid C19. Known as the Cumberland Inn, then from the 1880s the Brandy Vaults Public House. Closed 1963 and became the Garden City Chinese restaurant. The Brandy Vaults briefly reopened …
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Tyne & Wear HER: 6473
Borough: Newcastle
Grid ref: NZ24386404

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