Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House

Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House

HER Number
15620
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House
Place
Sandyford
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Demolished Building
Description
Named after an incident in 1759 when the horse ridden by Cuthbert Lambert bolted and leapt from the parapet of the bridge over the Sandyford Burn. The mare was killed but Lambert was unhurt. The pub was altered in 1929. Since 1935 it was owned by Robert Deuchar. In 1942 the pub survived an incendiary bomb. It was demolished in 1971. The inner door at the entrance had glass panels showing Cuthbert Lambert's fall.
Easting
425500
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ425500565200
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 5