Balmbra'S Music Hall

Balmbra's Music Hall is a public house and music hall built in 1902 by A. Stockwell, originally known as the 'Carlton' Public House. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. It stands three storeys tall with an attic and has three bays. The ground floor includes a recessed entrance on the right and a curved window with slender pilasters on the left, along with a bracketed entablature.

On the upper floors, there are narrow sash windows in the end bays and paired sash windows in the center, all framed by architraves. The first-floor end windows have pediments above them, and there are end pilasters. The cornice above the central window is adorned with dentils, and the top dentilled cornice projects forward over the panelled end pilasters.

Flanking the pedimented shaped gable is a pair of short pilasters topped with ball finials, which contain a keyed roundel. Below the roundel is a false segmental broken pediment, also featuring a central ball finial. The steeply-pitched roof is complemented by corniced end chimneys. Historically, this building replaced the 'Wheatsheaf' Public House, which was owned by a man named Balmbra in the mid-19th century and was notable for hosting the first performance of the song 'The Blaydon Races,' in which it is mentioned.