Scotswood Road, Blast Furnace Inn

HER Number

10139

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Blast Furnace 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. In centre of a terrace of houses. Name references nearby Elswick Works (HER 4315). Described in 1900 as having 'handsomely-appointed general and select bars and two front entrances on Scotswood Road'. Closed 1932.

Easting

422870

Northing

563200

Grid Reference

NZ422870563200

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