High Street, Blacksmith's Arms Public House
High Street, Blacksmith's Arms Public House
HER Number
15626
District
Newcastle
Site Name
High Street, Blacksmith's Arms Public House
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Extant Building
Description
A beerhouse bought by Dover & Newsome Baxter in 1897. Alterations were carried out in 1906. A full licence was not obtained until 1949, when it was a Bass house. Between 1994 and 1995 the pub was called the Hoppings.
Easting
424430
Northing
568070
Grid Reference
NZ424430568070
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 9