Woolsington Park, cascade

Woolsington Park, cascade

HER Number
4921
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Woolsington Park, cascade
Place
Woolsington
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Mill Race
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Stone-built waterfall and cascade engineered specifically to add interest to the perimeter woodland. Important part of the development of the lake and its associated water courses in the designed landscape. A weir at the eastern end of the lake discharged to a lined chute to create a waterfall. To the north of this there may have been a sluice which discharged water back into the Ouse Burn.
Easting
420340
Northing
570000
Grid Reference
NZ420340570000
Sources
RPS, Clouston, 1998, Woolsington Hall, Archaeological Assessment; Simpson & Brown Architects, Feb 2012, Woolsington Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Draft Conservation Plan: Historical Development & Significance; Addyman Archaeology, 2014, Woolsington, Woolsington Park - Archaeological Assessment