Scotswood Road, Vulcan Inn

Scotswood Road, Vulcan Inn

HER Number
10138
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Scotswood Road, Vulcan Inn
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Leased by W B Reid in 1888 and bought by the company in 1895 for £7100. It was described as containing on the ground floor 'a most commodious and well arranged bar, with bottle and jug department from Alexander St, commercial room and snug'. On the first floor was a club room, sitting room and five dwelling rooms with a two-stalled stable at the rear. Closed in 1931.
Easting
422910
Northing
563190
Grid Reference
NZ422910563190
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