Scotswood Road, Dene Hotel Public House

HER Number

10137

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Dene Hotel Public House

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. At the turn of the century the Dene Hotel consisted of a 'conveniently and tastefully arranged bar and sitting room and an upstairs club room wth division partitions'. Took its name from the nearly Elswick Dene. Closed 1972.

Easting

422940

Northing

563190

Grid Reference

NZ422940563190

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West