Ponteland Road, Kenton Bar (Crofters' Lodge)

HER Number

15628

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Ponteland Road, Kenton Bar (Crofters' Lodge)

Place

Kenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Took its name from the turnpike bar (HER 4017, 3987) at the junction of Ponteland Road and the road into Kenton. During the Second World War some of the personnel from the Air Raid Precautions Sub-depot B6(b) were housed in the pub. In 1988 Vaux refurbished the pub and renamed it the Crofters' Lodge. After local protests at the loss of the old name, the words 'at Kenton Bar' were added to the new signs.

Easting

421450

Northing

567490

Grid Reference

NZ421450567490

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 10-11