Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House
Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House
HER Number
6371
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House
Place
Cowgate
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
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Owned by William Ord in 1841 as Cowgate Inn. Adopted family name not long after this date and became The Ord Arms. The Ord Arms was altered in 1900 and in 1930 Alexander Deuchar purchased the premises and prepared plans for rebuilding. The pub was taken over from Scottish and Newcastle by Camerons in 1996. Closed by 1998. Demolished circa 2002.
Easting
422260
Northing
566190
Grid Reference
NZ422260566190
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West