Hexham Road (south side), Valve House
Hexham Road (south side), Valve House
HER Number
1965
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hexham Road (south side), Valve House
Place
Throckley
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Regulation Installation
Site Type: Specific
Valve House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Two valve houses, built for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company in c.1870 and c.1890, stand on either side of Hexham Road as part of the improvements in the water supply to the growing town in the 1870s. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
415270
Northing
566840
Grid Reference
NZ415270566840
Sources
<< HER 1965 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Throckley Middle School, Hexham Road, Throckley Archaeological Assessment
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68