Shieldfield, brickfield

HER Number

4143

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Shieldfield, brickfield

Place

Shieldfield

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A brick and slate hall with glazed arched windows. The west gable is of corrugated metal sheeting (original) for installation of large pieces of equipment. The south side is complicated by later additions for further capacity in the 1920s.

Easting

425820

Northing

564810

Grid Reference

NZ425820564810

Sources

<< HER 4143 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97