Benton Road, Newton Park Hotel

HER Number

15638

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benton Road, Newton Park Hotel

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Opened in 1939. Lynn Pearson - an interesting estate pub in neo-Tudor. Retains two original doorcases and a chimney-stack with brick tumbling (bricks laid diagonally for decorative purposes). Its interior has magnificent relief floral patterned ceiling paper in the main bar and billiard room. The barmaids wore uniforms and served customers at their tables.

Easting

426970

Northing

567530

Grid Reference

NZ426970567530

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 15; Lynn F Pearson, 1989, The Northumbrian Pub, p 128