Scotswood Road, Old Duke of Cumberland Inn

HER Number

10153

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Old Duke of Cumberland Inn

Place

Newcastle

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. Corner of Hare Street and Scotswood Road. Said to be sited in 'one of the best positions on the busy thoroughfare and carrying on a very large trade'. It was rebuilt in 1901. Designed by J Wardle Donald of South Shields - the acute angle of the corner site was emphasised with a two storey circular tower. Name shortened to Duke of Cumberland in 1913. Bought by Newcastle Breweries for £3500 in 1943 and closed in 1965.

Easting

424000

Northing

563390

Grid Reference

NZ424000563390

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