Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House
Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House
HER Number
              15620
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Sandyford Road, Lambert's Leap Public House
          Place
              Sandyford
          Map Sheet
              NZ26NE
          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
              Demolished Building
          Description
              Named after an incident in 1759 when the horse ridden by Cuthbert Lambert bolted and leapt from the parapet of the bridge over the Sandyford Burn. The mare was killed but Lambert was unhurt. The pub was altered in 1929. Since 1935 it was owned by Robert Deuchar. In 1942 the pub survived an incendiary bomb. It was demolished in 1971. The inner door at the entrance had glass panels showing Cuthbert Lambert's fall.
          Easting
              425500
          Northing
              565200
          Grid Reference
              NZ425500565200
    Sources
              Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 5