Built c 1860. Not an ancient pub: in 1899, only half of the ground floor was The Star, the rest being a shop and access into the yard behind. The building was restructured internally in 1937, and again in the 1950s.
Newcastle's 'new' co-op was built on Newgate Street in 1932. Although 'art decor' in style, it gave more than a nod to Egypt where Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb had just taken place. See http://www.timmonet.co.uk/html/newcastle_co-op.htm