Forth Banks, Hawthorn House

HER Number:
9923

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Forth Banks, Hawthorn House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Pattern Shop

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This three storey brick and stone Georgian building is a reminder of the vital role that the north east played in the development of the railways. This is a surviving building from the Hawthorn Engineering Works. The company later amalgamated with Robert Stephenson & Company and became locally, nationally and internationally significant in the Steam Age. In 1859 this part of the site was being used as a pattern shop. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
424550

Northing:
563610

Grid Reference:
NZ424550563610

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; PLB Consulting with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment; J.H. Parker, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2005, Hawthorn House and Cottages and Sachins Restaurant, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Buildings Recording