Barrack Road, Barrack Tavern (Darnell House, Darnell Hotel)
Barrack Road, Barrack Tavern (Darnell House, Darnell Hotel)
HER Number
17305
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Barrack Road, Barrack Tavern (Darnell House, Darnell Hotel)
Place
Fenham
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
Exact location unknown. Known as the Barrack Tavern originally. Later became Darnell House (later Darnell Hotel) after rebuilding in 1892. The name reflected the influence on the area of a wealthy cleric W N Darnell, Rector of Stanhope, who owned a tract of land between Barrack Road and Westgate Road. The premises were bought by North Eastern Breweries in 1897 and in 1935 it became a fully-fledged public house. As a Vaux house, the Darnell re-emerged in 1995 as the Old Mill, became the New Darnell and was demolished in 1998.
Easting
423500
Northing
564900
Grid Reference
NZ423500564900
Sources
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West