Kenton, Ponteland Road, Kenton Bar (Crofters' Lodge)

HER Number:
15628

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton, Ponteland Road, Kenton Bar (Crofters' Lodge)

Place:
Kenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Took its name from the turnpike bar (HER 4017, 3987) at the junction of Ponteland Road and the road into Kenton. During the Second World War some of the personnel from the Air Raid Precautions Sub-depot B6(b) were housed in the pub. In 1988 Vaux refurbished the pub and renamed it the Crofters' Lodge. After local protests at the loss of the old name, the words 'at Kenton Bar' were added to the new signs.

Easting:
2145

Northing:
6749

Grid Reference:
NZ21456749

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 10-11