Pottery Lane, warehouse

Pottery Lane, warehouse

HER Number
17243
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Pottery Lane, warehouse
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Warehouse comprising the much altered remains of the former Skinnerburn Iron Foundary (HER 4886). The structure was amalgamated into cattle pens for the Co-operative Warehouse Society Ltd (CWSL) c.1927. The buildings were then adapted for other industrial uses during the 20th century until some elements were converted into residential usage in the recent past. The NW elevation on Pottery Lane is the principal entrance. The interior of the warehouse contains late 19th century elements of older buildings. The warehouse has been subdivided by a recent concrete block wall. The flooring was noted in 2015 as being of modern poured concrete. A steel lintel forming part of the earlier part of the building was was embossed 'Skiningrove England'. The first floor level may have originally been offices but is much altered and may have recently been used as residential accomodation.
Easting
424570
Northing
563540
Grid Reference
NZ424570563540
Sources
Phoenix Consulting Archaeology Ltd, 2015, Forth Banks/Pottery Lane, Newcastle - Archaeological Assessment; TWAS, Plans for redevelopment of warehouse by Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1927; TWAS, Re-development of warehouse by CWS, 1946