Mosaic Plaque - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

The mosaic information plaque is located on Friar Street in the centre of Newcastle.

The mosaic is mounted on the side wall of a building that was previously a Woolworths store and is now the premises of Poundland.
This building replaces a Tudor timber-framed building which was dismantled and removed in the late 1950s.

The mosaic was created by students of the Newcastle School of Art and put in place when the present building was erected in 1957. It portrays images that show two male figures, buildings and modes of transport that represent olden and more modern times. It gives the following information;

ON THIS SITE
STOOD THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY BUILDING POSSIBLY
THE JOVIAL POTTERS INN
WHICH WAS USED AS A HALT
FOR THE LONDON TO MAN-
CHESTER COACHES AND WAS
REPLACED BY
THIS BUILDING
IN 1957

NEWCASTLE SCHOOL OF ART

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Address: Friar Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK Specific visit requirements: Not listed Related web site: Not listed

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