278 Whitley Road, Fat Ox Public House

HER Number

9460

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

278 Whitley Road, Fat Ox Public House

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Third pub of this name on this site. Built in 1923. The Fat Ox takes its name from an animal immortalised by the Northumbrian engraver, Thomas Bewick. When it was slaughtered in 1789 it weighed 216 stones. Edward Hall, who built Whitley Park is said to have owned the beast. An earlier version of the pub apparently had a thatched roof. John Buchanan of the Hanover Square Brewery owned the pub from the 1890s until the 1920s, when it was taken over by Ind Coope & Allsop. LOCAL LIST

Easting

435410

Northing

572080

Grid Reference

NZ435410572080

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)