Elswick Road, Dodds Arms Hotel Public House
Elswick Road, Dodds Arms Hotel Public House
HER Number
10385
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Elswick Road, Dodds Arms Hotel Public House
Place
Newcastle
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
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. In the 1870s the Dodds Arms had ' a large bar, news room, parlour, two kitchens, two cellars, a long room upstairs, back bedroom and two attics'. It was aquired by Newcastle Breweries 1892 and was rebuilt by the company in 1932. Closed in 1993 when its licence was transferred to the Groat House in the city centre.
Easting
423530
Northing
563940
Grid Reference
NZ423530563940
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West