Scotswood Road, Boat House Inn

HER Number

17450

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Boat House Inn

Place

Scotswood

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

Demolished Building

Description

On the north side of Scotswood Road, west of Paradise Bridge was a row of cottages caled Boathouses. At the end of the row (not sure which end) stood the Boat House Inn- a beerhouse which reverted to an off-licence before its demise in the mid 1960s.

Easting

421200

Northing

563500

Grid Reference

NZ421200563500

Sources

Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West