Sotonopedia

This public house formerly stood at south corner of Orchard Street (later Bargate Street) and Above Bar Street abutting on to the Bargate itself. It was demolished in 1904 to make way for the new police station and law courts in Bargate Street.
It was presumably named after the numerous coach making workshops that were concentrated in the Above Bar area in the 19th century, the most famous of which was the works of Richard Andrews. The others were Aslatts, which stood at the corner of Above Bar Street and Aslatt’s Cut, Jones’s Coach Factory on the west side of Above Bar and Richard Calloway’s factory. There were other coach makers in other parts of the town but Above Bar seems to have been particularly associated with them.

Coachmakers' Arms

The Coachmakers' Arms can be seen on the right of the photograph, c.1900

Navigation

Get Involved

If you wish to

• suggest additional information for this entry
• suggest amendments to this entry
• offer your own research
• make a comment

then fill in the form on the Contact page.