Woolsington Park, cascade

HER Number:
4921

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Woolsington Park, cascade

Place:
Woolsington

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mill Race

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2034

Northing:
7000

Grid Reference:
NZ20347000

Lats/Lons:

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