The public house renown to Newcastle and Northumbria University students, has been closed since 21 October. It is the closest Wetherspoons between both universities, and attracts many students as a convenient place to go after working in the library, going to lectures or attending seminars.
The first floor will no longer feature a bar, but customers will be able to use the Wethespoons app to order food and drinks to their tables.
The initial plan for the project shows extensive changes. This includes the development of the disused first floor space to create an additional 1,900-square-foot of customer space, along with new facilities for the staff. The first floor will no longer feature a bar, but customers will be able to use the Wethespoons app to order food and drinks to their tables.
There will also be a total renovation downstairs, including a new colour scheme and carpets, polished timber floors, and reupholstered furniture.The kitchen has been extended back into the yard area behind the pub, and the cellar is being increased in size.
We are confident that they will be impressed by the refurbishment and extension of the pub.
Leanne Surtees , The Five Swans’ manager
The proposed changes are embraced by some students. Joe Smith, a second year English Literature student at Newcastle University said: “I am truly excited for The Five Swans’ reopening. I cannot wait to see the results of the amendments and visit it again on various night outs with my friends.”
This matter was echoed by some anonymous posts on the popular Newcastle confessions page ‘Newfess’. One claimed: “Right when the Five Swans is back open, we’re going on the lash.”
Back in October, The Five Swans’ manager Leanne Surtees said: “Myself and my team will look forward to welcoming customers back into The Five Swan, in February 2020, and we are confident that they will be impressed by the refurbishment and extension of the pub.”
Wetherspoons took over The Five Swans in 2011. It is located at St Mary’s Place, and is open from 8am until Midnight from Monday to Sunday.
