Church Street, Butchers' Arms/Fountain Inn
Church Street, Butchers' Arms/Fountain Inn
HER Number
15867
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Church Street, Butchers' Arms/Fountain Inn
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Demolished Building
Description
Became the Fountain Inn in the 1870s. A favourite of the miners from Fountain Pit. In the 1930s it was enlarged. In 1937 it was bought by Robert Deuchar for £3250. When Church Walk was built in the mid 1960s, the pub was demolished.
Easting
429200
Northing
564200
Grid Reference
NZ429200564200
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 42-3