Newcastle and Berwick Railway Terminus, Oxford Street

HER Number:
1200

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Terminus, Oxford Street

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Station

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
In 1847 the Newcastle and North Shields Railway was extended as part of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway to a new terminus in what is now Oxford Street, Tynemouth. The buildings were designed by John and Benjamin Green and they survive alongside the later classical buildings. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
436730

Northing:
569090

Grid Reference:
NZ436730569090

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1200 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; I. M. Ayris & S. M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.11; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/105; H. E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, vol VIII, p 355; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1299917