Crowley's Iron Works, chimney

HER Number

1629

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crowley's Iron Works, chimney

Place

Swalwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific

Chimney

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Brick chimney. Part of Crowley's ironworks. Restored. Now sits in the car park of Lidl supermarket. Dates to the end of the 19th century when the surviving parts of the ironworks were taken over by Ridley & Co.

Easting

420200

Northing

562300

Grid Reference

NZ420200562300

Sources

<< HER 1629 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area; Gateshead Council Local List Fact Sheet X20/LL/121; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Lidl, Swalwell - Archaeological Assessment