Site of first Life Brigade Watch House

HER Number

1978

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Site of first Life Brigade Watch House

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Navigation Aid

Site Type: Specific

Coastguard Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Site of first Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade watch house 1865-1887. The second watch house still survives to the west and is a grade II Listed Building (HER ref. 2214).

Easting

437360

Northing

569030

Grid Reference

NZ437360569030

Sources

<< HER 1978 >> D. Heslop, 2002, Tynemouth Small Towns Report
Pers. Comm. Chris Lambert, 1999, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade