Scotswood, Scotswood Road, Ord Arms

HER Number:
11066

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Scotswood, Scotswood Road, Ord Arms

Place:
Scotswood

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:
The Ord Arms had a brewhouse. In the early 1860s Jane Cox was brewer here, later Thomas Charlton. In 1873 Robert Gibson is listed. The pub was auctioned in 1898. It stood close to Scotswood Railway Station and opposite the entrance to Armstrong-Whitworth's new factory. The pub had beer cellars, a large bar, parlour, snug, news room, bagatelle room and kitchen on ground floor. Above this were the billiards room, club room and three bedrooms. Outbuildings comprised a wash house, six-stalled stable, a byre for 14 cows and a coach house. Next door there were refreshment rooms, a yard and gardens. In 1900 it was rebuilt by F.M. Laing and later was acquired by Robert Deuchar. It was demolished in 1966. The clock tower was moved to the Tyne Brewery in Newcastle. Following demolition of the brewery in 2007, the clock tower remains in storage for future re-use in Scotswood.

Easting:
221

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ221633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 25-6; Terry Quinn, 1991, Bygone Scotswood, photo number 6; Brenda Whitelock, 1992, "Timepieces of Newcastle", page 48 (photo by Jimmy Forsyth); Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West