Benwell, Fox and Hounds Public House

HER Number:
6366

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Fox and Hounds Public House

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Owned for many years by the Ord family later Blackett-Ord. until the 20th century this was an old country inn. Bought by Alexander Deuchar in 1931 for £26,777 and converted into a suburban pub. Sometimes refers to its rural past e.g. in the mid 1980s for example, three of its bars were called the Den, the Loft and the Covert Lounge.

Easting:
2116

Northing:
6501

Grid Reference:
NZ21166501

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West