Elswick, Tulloch Street, The Tulloch Arms Public House

HER Number:
17417

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Tulloch Street, The Tulloch Arms Public House

Place:
Elswick

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:
Demolished Building

Description:
Tulloch Arms was being leasd by Robert Deuchar for £200 per annum when it closed in 1934, a victim of the magistrates' programme of licence-reduction. In their defence, the owners of the Tulloch Arms had unsuccessfully argued that their was a special case, being 'the type of house frequented by people preferring comfortable accommodation in moderate sized rooms rather than the noise of the long bar and the large smoke room'. Exact location unknown.

Easting:
234

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ234633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West