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

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 5