Kenton, Sheringham Avenue, The Kenton Quarry

HER Number:
15633

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton, Sheringham Avenue, The Kenton Quarry

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:
Opened in 1962 to serve the North Kenton estate. On the corner of Kirkwood Drive and Sheringham Avenue. The pub had three public rooms: a bar, lounge and buffet. Owned by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries. The Kenton Quarry was said to have 'beautifully light windows with a view clear to the Simonside Hills and Cheviot'.

Easting:
222

Northing:
680

Grid Reference:
NZ222680

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 12