Grapes Gallery
This gallery contains photos of the Grapes pub/inn/hotel in St Mary’s Chare.
Brief Timeline:
- 1860: An Inn appears on the O.S. map
- 1888: A large crowd crammed into the Grapes Inn, Hexham, to watch bouts of wrestling. Hex. Cour. 13.12.2013 – 125 Years Ago.
- 1890s: JA Hedley, Licensed to Retail Ale, Spirits & Wine.
- 1898: Plans for rebuilding The Grapes public house by Henry EG Wilson, Architects, Newcastle, November 1898. Rebuilt stables and coach house at rear, cellar and two floors. Ground floor consisting of public bar and a wholesale bar, public sitting room, private sitting room, first floor club room, 3 bedrooms and kitchen, bathroom and w.c. off first floor landing. Deposited Building Plans, Northumberland Record Office, NRO 1150 No. 299.
- 1900: Refurbishment of The Grapes pub. It was reported that the pub had been given a total refit which included a solid walnut bar, a grill room upstairs, and a yard which could accommodate 12-15 horses. Hex. Cour. 17.3.2000.
- 1913: The Grapes Inn, in St Mary’s Chare, has been re-built. Hex. Cour. 24.5.1913 Gossip and Comment, “Ariel”.
- 1914: William Ross, Grapes Hotel, 1 Back Street.
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HL1030
1881?: Back of Grapes Inn, Hexham. St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes Inn pub, painting of rear elevation by JA Stephenson
IA0582
Pre-1886: St Mary's Chare looking N into Old Church, No 1 Grapes Inn pub on left, No 4 Meal Market on right
PC350
1890s: Dr Parker's Birth-Place, Hexham. Monochrome; St Mary's Chare looking N into Old Church, No 1 Grapes Inn pub, JA Hedley licensee
PC351
1890s: Dr Parker's Birth-Place, Hexham. Tinted; St Mary's Chare looking N into Old Church, No 1 Grapes Inn pub, JA Hedley licensee
HL1029
1890s: St Mary's Chare looking N into Old Church, No 1 Grapes Inn, JA Hedley licensee
CD2800
1978: St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes pub, decorative tiling below windows
IA1164
1914: Glass bottle Wm Ross, Grapes Hotel, Hexham
CD2336
1979: Old Church looking NW from St Mary's Chare/Meal Market, No 3 B Knight Bakers Confectioners, No 1 Maid Marion cafe, part of the Grapes pub in St Mary's Chare
CD2798
1979: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub right-hand door
CD2804
1979: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub
CD4155
1979: St Mary's Chare, The Grapes, pub sign
CD2799
1981: St Mary's Chare W side looking W, No 1 The Grapes pub, detail of fascia decoration with The Grapes Hotel carved
CD2802
1981: St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes pub, decorative tiling below windows
CD3540
1983: St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes pub etched window c1899 with words 'Family Department' images of grapes floral designs
EG0089
1984: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub
CD2757
1986: St Mary's Chare looking S from upper floor of Cooke's building in Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub, No 3 Hedley Antiques
HL0382
1991: St Mary's Chare looking S from Old Church No 3 Maid Marian cafe, No 1 The Grapes pub, No 3 JA & T Hedley cabinet makers & antiques
CD2797
1991: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub, Knight's bakery No 3 Old Church
CD2340
1992: Old Church looking N from St Mary's Chare, archway to Market Place, No 1 St Mary's Chare The Grapes pub, No 3 Old Church Knights Bakers Confectioners, No 1 vacant
CD2750
1992: St Mary's Chare looking N to Old Church, No 1 The Grapes pub, No 4 Meal Market James Cooke Newsagent
CD4153
1992: St Mary's Chare, The Grapes, pub sign
CD4154
1993: St Mary's Chare, The Grapes, pub sign
CD2805
1994: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub floodlit at night
CD2806
1996: St Mary's Chare W side looking N, No 1 The Grapes pub through to Old Church and alleyway to Market Place
CD2801
2001: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub, For Sale sign
CD2803
2003: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub
CD2796
2005: St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes pub, Dacre Arms on front wall
CD3541
2005: St Mary's Chare W side, No 1 The Grapes pub etched window c1899 with words 'Family Department' images of grapes floral designs
CD4486
2012: St Mary's Chare W side looking W from Meal Market, No 1 The Grapes pub
IA0466
2020: St Mary's Chare W side, No 3 Beautiful Betty Beauty Salon, No 1 The Grapes pub
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