Grange Road, Ben Lomond Public House (Viking PH)

Grange Road, Ben Lomond Public House (Viking PH)

HER Number
9598
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Grange Road, Ben Lomond Public House (Viking PH)
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
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
Extant Building
Description
19th Century public house and, until the 1970s, a residential hotel.
The property was rented from Newcastle Breweries by Derek Armstrong, owner of the Cavalier Club and the County Hotel. It was renamed The Viking.
In 1995 it had fallen into disrepair and came close to being demolished. However, Wetherspoon stepped in to buy the property and refurbished the building, returning its name to The Ben Lomond. LOCAL LIST
Easting
432660
Northing
565320
Grid Reference
NZ432660565320
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Other Buildings of Acknowledged Architectural Quality or Historic Significance (South Tyneside UDP Appendix ENV (B)); SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011:
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/93/J