Pottery Lane, warehouse
Pottery Lane, warehouse
HER Number
              17243
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Pottery Lane, warehouse
          Place
              Newcastle
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SW
          Class
              Commercial
          Site Type: Broad
              Warehouse
          Site Type: Specific
              Warehouse
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              Warehouse comprising the much altered remains of the former Skinnerburn Iron Foundary (HER 4886). The structure was amalgamated into cattle pens for the Co-operative Warehouse Society Ltd (CWSL) c.1927. The buildings were then adapted for other industrial uses during the 20th century until some elements were converted into residential usage in the recent past. The NW elevation on Pottery Lane is the principal entrance.   The interior of the warehouse contains late 19th century elements of older buildings. The warehouse has been subdivided by a recent concrete block wall. The flooring was noted in 2015 as being of modern poured concrete. A steel lintel forming part of the earlier part of the building was was embossed 'Skiningrove England'.  The first floor level may have originally been offices but is much altered and may have recently been used as residential accomodation.
          Easting
              424570
          Northing
              563540
          Grid Reference
              NZ424570563540
    Sources
              Phoenix Consulting Archaeology Ltd, 2015, Forth Banks/Pottery Lane, Newcastle - Archaeological Assessment; TWAS, Plans for redevelopment of warehouse by Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1927; TWAS, Re-development of warehouse by CWS, 1946