Wallsend, Gainer's Terrace, Dock Hotel (Crane House) PH

HER Number:
17489

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Gainer's Terrace, Dock Hotel (Crane House) PH

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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:
Built c.1841 known as the Crane House. In the mid 19th century the back garden of the building was on the river edge but land reclamation has changed the landscape over the past century. It became the Dock Hotel 17th September 1872. The stables to the side of the house were used by Colonel Pinkley of Benton House to house his horse. He was the manager of the docks at Swan Hunter. The pub was destroyed by fire in 1985/86.

Easting:
3002

Northing:
6576

Grid Reference:
NZ30026576

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p13