Elswick Road, Adrian's Head (Adrianople) PH

HER Number

10389

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick Road, Adrian's Head (Adrianople) PH

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. Rebuilt in 1910. Alterations in 1961 when one room became a betting shop. In 1983 it became the Blue Man and in 1996 was converted into a hostel.

Easting

423680

Northing

564090

Grid Reference

NZ423680564090

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