Life-saving Apparatus House

HER Number

1980

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Life-saving Apparatus 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

Extant Building

Description

Life-saving apparatus house built in 1892 and still used by the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade.

Easting

437260

Northing

569080

Grid Reference

NZ437260569080

Sources

<< HER 1980 >> D. Heslop, 2002, Tynemouth Small Towns Report
Pers. Comm. Chris Lambert, 1999, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade