Newcastle, Elswick Road, Dodds Arms Hotel Public House

HER Number:
10385

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Elswick Road, Dodds Arms Hotel Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2353

Northing:
6394

Grid Reference:
NZ23536394

Lats/Lons:

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