Scotswood Road, Rifle House Public House

HER Number

10136

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Rifle House Public House

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Name references nearby Elswick Works (HER 4315). Beerhouse which became a public house with the transference of the licence from the Weavers' Arms Pandon in 1882. Bought by W B Reid in 1921. Closed 1966.

Easting

2320

Northing

6318

Grid Reference

NZ23206318

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West