Scotswood Road, The Mechanics' Arms Public House
Scotswood Road, The Mechanics' Arms Public House
HER Number
17393
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Scotswood Road, The Mechanics' Arms 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
The Mechanics' Arms, on the corner of Rendel Street, was purchased by A H Higginbottom for £1300 in 1911 and altered and extended in 1920. It closed in 1977 after a decade of decline during which there was no resident landlord and the premises were systematically vandalised.
Easting
422600
Northing
563200
Grid Reference
NZ422600563200
Sources
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West