Fox and Hounds Public House

Originally called the Oatland public house, based out of linked buildings on a tenanted farm of the same name, which formed part of the Ord Estate. The tenanted Oatland Farm is first detailed in an 1818 survey of William Ord's holdings in North Benwell and notes that it was occupied to Anthony Irwin at an annual rent of £340. The first recorded reference to the public house is in the Newcastle Courant of 27 October 1827. However by 1834, the public house is referred to as 'the Fox & Hounds Inn' but continued to be attached to Oatlands Farm as indicated by an advertisement in the 26 December 1851 issue of the Newcastle Courant.
The public house was demolished and rebuilt between 1900 and 1909. From 1909 onwards, the Fox & Hounds Inn was leased to Alexander Deuchar Ltd by the Blackett Ord estate. Deuchars purchased purchased the premises outright in the estate sale of 1920 and converted it into a suburban pub. Ultimately, it was sold onto The Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1956 who became Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1960. The pub remains in operation as of 2023 operated by Greene King.