Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House

HER Number:
6371

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House

Place:
Cowgate

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:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Owned by William Ord in 1841 as Cowgate Inn. Adopted family name not long after this date and became The Ord Arms. The Ord Arms was altered in 1900 and in 1930 Alexander Deuchar purchased the premises and prepared plans for rebuilding. The pub was taken over from Scottish and Newcastle by Camerons in 1996. Closed by 1998. Demolished circa 2002.

Easting:
2226

Northing:
6619

Grid Reference:
NZ22266619

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West