Late 19th century - early 20th century building, housing furnaces for making crown and cylinder glass by traditional methods. Melting furnaces, swing pits and annealing furnaces were in use recently. Hartley Wood started in 1892 as the Potobello Glass Works. James Hartley Jnr. Along with Alfred Wood, an expert in coloured glass, formed the company which now bears their names. Mouth blown Hartley Wood glass is in the House of Commons, St. Paul's Cathedral and Durham Cathedral. In 1847, Rolled Plate Glass was invented by James Hartley (British Patent No. 11,8911), produced by ladling metal from the pot directly on to the casting table, resulting in strong, cheap glass suitable for roofing. The original patent can still be seen on the office wall of Hartley Wood and Company of Portobello Lane in Sunderland.
SITEASS
The building and equipment are of interest for the mixture of ages and of old and new technology. The building should be surveyed and A/V records of process-details made. Although the furnaces are modern, their small scale is unusual. The swing-pits used for the production of cylinder glass do not otherwise survive, except in excavated examples. Recommend for listing grade II {1}.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Late19th century - early 20th century building, housing furnaces where crown and cylinder glass is made by traditional methods for use in building-construction. Melting furnaces, swing pits and annealing furnaces are in use {1}. Hartley Wood started in 1892 as the Potobello Glass Works. James Hartley Jnr. along with Alfred Wood, an expert in coloured glass, formed the company which now bears their names. Over the last century, Hartley Wood has achieved its position as not simply one of the only stained glass manufacturers in the UK but also as a world leader. Hartley Wood still make antique sheet glass by the centuries old mouth blowing process. Hartley Wood glass can be found in the House of Commons, St. Paul's Cathedral and Durham Cathedral {2}. In 1847, Rolled Plate Glass was invented by James Hartley (British Patent No. 11,8911), produced by ladling metal from the pot directly on to the casting table, resulting in strong, cheap glass suitable for roofing. The original patent can still be seen on the office wall of Hartley Wood and Company of Portobello Lane in Sunderland {3}.
Site Name
Hartley Wood Glassworks
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
1917
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1917 >> English Heritage, 1997, Selection of Sites for Statutory Protection - The Glass Industry
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 48
Pers. Comm. I. Ayris
C. Bray, Tyne and Wear County Council Museums Service; CgMs Ltd., 2008, Sunderland Road Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2001
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
1913-1915
DAY1
24
DAY2
27
District
Newcastle
Easting
426360
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
First shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map map as "Glass Works". Built on the site of Maling's Ouseburn Bridge Pottery (HER 4967). Run by Liddle-Henzel partnership (see HER 1913-5). In 1997 within a warehouse building on this site, a chimney base survived and a probable tank furnace base (concreted-over void). Chimney base demolished by 1998. Five flue-arches leading towards this void can still be seen alongside the public footpath above the Ouseburn. The flues have been plugged with concrete. The are built with 'Snowball' fireclay bricks made at the Swalwell Fireclay Works (1876-1938). The arch of a larger flue entry can be seen in the river wall from Cut bank Bridge. There is some earlier stonework visible in the walls of the Quay Timber site on Hume Street, including sandstone blocks in the north wall along Cut Bank, and a blocked up brick arch. There are two blocked up brick arches in the eastern wall of the adjacent Heaney Car Centre. The western wall of the car centre is constructed of a patchwork of brick of various rebuilds. Along the southern end of the site is a sandstone wall and a set of steps leading down to the Ouseburn (shown on Oliver's map of 1831). The area was excavated in 2013 by ARS. Structural features relating to the bottleworks included a large enclosed structure which incorporated up to four phases of pot furnaces including a significant later extension housing a range of pot furnaces and annealing ovens. The level of survival of structural material from the Ouseburn Bottleworks indicates a thriving and substantial industrial concern.
SITEASS
Despite over-building, sufficient components of the glass works are apparent to locate its position with accuracy. A high priority for survey. A most important site, for there appears to be a Siemens tank-furnace beneath the floor of the building, with a chimney base intact. Requires survey as soon as vacated, and full asessment /evaluation/ mitigation strategy in event of re-development {1}
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
First shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map as "Glass Works". Built on the site of Maling's Ouseburn Bridge Pottery (HER 4967). Run by Liddle-Henzel partnership (see HER 1913-5). In 1997 within a warehouse building on this site, a chimney base survived and a probable tank furnace base (concreted-over void). Chimney base demolished by 1998. Five flue-arches leading towards this void can still be seen alongside the public footpath above the Ouseburn. The flues have been plugged with concrete. The are built with 'Snowball' fireclay bricks made at the Swalwell Fireclay Works (1876-1938). The arch of a larger flue entry can be seen in the river wall from Cut bank Bridge. There is some earlier stonework visible in the walls of the Quay Timber site on Hume Street, including sandstone blocks in the north wall along Cut Bank, and a blocked up brick arch. There are two blocked up brick arches in the eastern wall of the adjacent Heaney Car Centre. The western wall of the car centre is constructed of a patchwork of brick of various rebuilds. Along the southern end of the site is a sandstone wall and a set of steps leading down to the Ouseburn (shown on Oliver's map of 1831). The area was excavated in 2013 by ARS. Structural features relating to the bottleworks included a large enclosed structure which incorporated up to four phases of pot furnaces including a significant later extension housing a range of pot furnaces and annealing ovens. The level of survival of structural material from the Ouseburn Bottleworks indicates a thriving and substantial industrial concern.
Site Name
Ouseburn Bottle Works, Hume Street
Site Type: Specific
Bottle Works
HER Number
1916
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 1916 >> English Heritage, 1997, Selection of Sites for Statutory Protection - The Glass Industry
Hutton, 1772
Cole and Roper, 1808
Oliver, 1830
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Quay Timber Site, Hume Street, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment, p 13
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Heaney Site, Hume Street, Ouseburn, Archaeological Assessment, p 13; ARS Ltd, 2014, The Malings, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Excavation; The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2011, Heaney Building, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Evaluation; AA 5th Ser, Vol 44 241-269
YEAR1
2001
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1913, 1914
DAY1
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
426540
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564110
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). On the cleared bank above the quayside there is glass residue and crucible fragments, but no visible structures. The Hugnenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 were in Newcastle. In 1736 there were at least seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, though after 1786 the family never had the same dominating position in Newcastle.
SITEASS
The surface scatters, corresponding with map evidence, provide a focus for site-evaluation. These important Tyneside glass works are well-attested from map evidence: it is uncertain how much disturbance has taken place subsequent to demolition. The presence of process-waste justifies evaluation {1}.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). On the cleared bank above the quayside there is glass residue and crucible fragments, but no visible structures {1}. The Huguenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 they are referred to as glassmakers at Newcastle. In 1736 there were no fewer than seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. These glassworks were on or adjacent to the site originally chosen by Mansell in 1619. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, and although their supremacy was waning by 1780, the family preserved ownership interests in glassworks until comparatively recent times (Liddell-Henzell). This area was known as "Glasshouses and is perpetuated today by Glasshouse Bridge {5}. Joshua Henzell along with his partners James and Joseph King became bankrupt in 1786, and the family never afterwards had the same dominating position in Newcastle. Paul Henzell was still a principle glassowner in 1789 and Catherine Henzell and Co. owned extensive works here in 1791. William Henzell and Co were glassowners at the Low Glasshouses 1787-1811. In 1787 John Tallentire made bottles at Glasshouse Bridge {6}.
Site Name
High Glass Houses
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
1915
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 1915 >> English Heritage, 1997, Selection of Sites for Statutory Protection - The Glass Industry
Hutton, 1772
Cole and Roper, 1808
Oliver, 1830
C. Bray, Tyne and Wear County Council Museums Service
1972, A Brief History of Glass Making on Tyneside
F. Buckley, Glasshouses on the Tyne in the Eighteenth Century, Journal of the Society of Glass Technology, p27-29
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 46
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1913, 1915
DAY1
24
DAY2
26
District
Newcastle
Easting
426610
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564030
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). On the cleared bank above the quayside there is glass residue and crucible fragments, but no visible structures. The St. Lawrence Glass House frequently referred to, is probably the Middle Glass House. The Hugnenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 were in Newcastle. In 1736 there were at least seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, though after 1786 the family never had the same dominating position in Newcastle.
SITEASS
The surface scatters, corresponding with map evidence, provide a focus for site-evaluation. These important Tyneside glass works are well-attested from map evidence: it is uncertain how much disturbance has taken place subsequent to demolition. The presence of process-waste justifies evaluation {1}. An evaluation on the site of St. Lawrence Ropery (HER 5142) found no structures associated with the glasshouses, but glass artefacts dating to between late C17 and early C19 was recovered. The assemblage included olive green runs, pulls and lumps and some higher quality clear lead glass. Crucible fragments were also found. This suggests that wine bottles or window glass was being manufactured.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). On the cleared bank above the quayside there is glass residue and crucible fragments, but no visible structures. The St. Lawrence Glass House frequently referred to, is probably the Middle Glass House {1}. The Huguenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 they are referred to as glassmakers at Newcastle. In 1736 there were no fewer than seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. These glassworks were on or adjacent to the site originally chosen by Mansell in 1619. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, and although their supremacy was waning by 1780, the family preserved ownership interests in glassworks until comparatively recent times (Liddell-Henzell). This area was known as "Glasshouses and is perpetuated today by Glasshouse Bridge {5}. Joshua Henzell along with his partners James and Joseph King became bankrupt in 1786, and the family never afterwards had the same dominating position in Newcastle. Paul Henzell was still a principle glassowner in 1789 and Catherine Henzell and Co. owned extensive works here in 1791. William Henzell and Co were glassowners at the Low Glasshouses 1787-1811. In 1787 John Tallentire made bottles at Glasshouse Bridge {6}.
Site Name
Middle Glass Houses
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
1914
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 1914 >> English Heritage, 1997, Selection of Sites for Statutory Protection, The Glass Industry
Hutton, 1772
Cole and Roper, 1808
Oliver, 1830
C. Bray, Tyne and Wear County Council Museums Service
1972, A Brief History of Glass Making on Tyneside
F. Buckley, Glasshouses on the Tyne in the Eighteenth Century, Journal of the Society of Glass Technology, p27-29
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 46; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2002, Archaeological Assessment at St Lawrence Ropery, Byker; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, St. Lawrence Ropery - Archaeological Evaluation
YEAR1
2001
YEAR2
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1914, 1915
DAY1
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
426770
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). The Low Glass House is also referred to as St. Peters Glass House. The Hugnenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 were in Newcastle. In 1736 there were at least seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, though after 1786 the family never had the same dominating position in Newcastle.
SITEASS
The site is now heavily redeveloped.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Early 18th century maps show three works immediately downstream from the Ouseburn (Low, Middle and High Glass Houses). The Low Glass House is also referred to as St. Peters Glass House {1}. The Huguenot families of Henzell and Tyzack were the leading glassmakers on the east side of Newcastle. They first worked a glasshouse at Howdon Panns, but after 1759 they are referred to as glassmakers at Newcastle. In 1736 there were no fewer than seven glasshouses on the east bank of the Ouse, of which all save one (the St. Lawrence Bottle House) were worked by the Henzell-Tyzack families, specialising in sheet glass and bottles. These glassworks were on or adjacent to the site originally chosen by Mansell in 1619. The Henzells were the greatest glassmaking family on Tyneside, and although their supremacy was waning by 1780, the family preserved ownership interests in glassworks until comparatively recent times (Liddell-Henzell). This area was known as "Glasshouses and is perpetuated today by Glasshouse Bridge {5}. Joshua Henzell along with his partners James and Joseph King became bankrupt in 1786, and the family never afterwards had the same dominating position in Newcastle. Paul Henzell was still a principle glassowner in 1789 and Catherine Henzell and Co. owned extensive works here in 1791. William Henzell and Co were glassowners at the Low Glasshouses 1787-1811. In 1787 John Tallentire made bottles at Glasshouse Bridge {6}.
Site Name
Low Glass Houses
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
1913
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 1913 >> English Heritage, 1997, Selection of Sites for Statutory Protection - The Glass Industry
Hutton, 1772
Cole and Roper, 1808
Oliver, 1830
C. Bray, Tyne and Wear County Council Museums Service
1972, A Brief History of Glass Making on Tyneside
F. Buckley, Glasshouses on the Tyne in the Eighteenth Century, Journal of the Society of Glass Technology, p27-29
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 46
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
24
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566110
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Wallsend
Description
Carville Power Station was built to provide a larger electricity supply than its forerunner, Neptune Bank (HER ref. 5106), principally to power the electrified NER line from Newcastle to Tynemouth. Carville opened in 1903 using the largest turbines in commercial use at the time. It was eventually enlarged and augmented by the building of Carville B in 1916. Principal buildings included an administrative block, electricity sub-station, perimeter wall, power hall, railway siding and switch house. The power stations form part of Wallsend's docklands landscape and are in continuing use for electricity generation. Much of site layout is identifiable. The engine house of the original station survives, but not the boiler house.
SITEASS
The power stations form part of Wallsend's docklands landscape and are in continuing use for electricity generation by Northern Electric. The building group is suited to remain in use with appropriate controls over changes to historic features. Consideration for listing is recommended in the context of a thematic survey of pre-War generating stations {1}. Historically important as the first British station to use USA-type 'system control room' practice, introduced by Merz (NESCO). Much of site layout is identifiable. Compromised by loss of boiler house. Action - list grade 2 all surviving buildings.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Two coal turbine powered stations of 1904 and 1914 for the regional private operating company (NESCO), by Charles Merz, a pioneer in the industry's design and evolution. Both stations remain in use as reasonably complete pre-WW1 layouts with a typical range of features (except loss of boiler house). Identified as historically important as the first British station to use 'system control room' practice. Buildings include administrative block, electricity sub-station, perimeter wall, power hall, railway siding, switch house {1}. Carville Power Station was built to provide a larger electricity supply than its forerunner, Neptune Bank (SMR 5106), principally to power the electrified NER line from Newcastle to Tynemouth. Carville opened in 1903 using the largest turbines in commercial use at the time. It was eventually enlarged and augmented by the building of Carville B in 1916. The engine house of the original station survives {2}.
Site Name
Carville A & B Generating Stations
Site Type: Specific
Power Station
HER Number
1912
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1912 >> English Heritage, 2001, Monuments Protection Program, Step 4 reports - Electric Power Generation Industry
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 70
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
425380
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SE 138
Northing
564240
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
A municipal power station and administrative building, designed by Benjamin Simpson and constructed between 1901 and 1904 for Newcastle Corporation built to supply electricity for trams and lighting. A substantial building group in brick and stone with eclectic details and some architectural pretentions. The stained glass windows depicting tramcars and the building's imposing entrance are particular features. The generator hall and offices are built externally in red brick wirh cut and moulded sandstone details. The south wall is lit by 14 tall arched windows, and the north by 16 similar but shorter windows. The east end has been extended, possibly in the 1930s, and is lit by 6 oblong, metal-frmaed windows. The interior of the generator hall is lined with turquoise and white glazed bricks. A well-preserved World War 2 air-raid shelter of brick with steel blast doors and internal hatches survives in the basement. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
The building has been archaeologically recorded prior to being converted to a church {2}.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
A municipal power station and administrative building of 1901 for Newcastle Corporation built to supply electricity for trams and lighting. A substantial building group in brick and stone with eclectic details and some architectural pretentions. The stained glass windows depicting tramcars and the building's imposing entrance are particular features {1}. The Tramways Offices and Power Station was designed by Benjamin Simpson and constructed between 1901 and 1904. The generator hall and offices are built externally in red brick with cut and moulded sandstone details. The south wall is lit by 14 tall arched windows, and the north by 16 similar but shorter windows. The east end has been extended, possibly in the 1930s, and is lit by 6 oblong, metal-framed windows. The interior of the generator hall is lined with turquoise and white glazed bricks. The flooring is largely concrete which is likely to be original. There is a small area of wooden block paving inside the south entrance. There is a cast-iron walkway at mezzanine level running much of the length of the north wall and a balcony against the west wall, both accessed by a cast-iron stair. There is a further high-level cast iron walkway giving access to a 50 ton gantry crane. At the west end of the hall the largely dismantled remains of generator bases of concrete, brick and slate slabs are still visible. The roof, of which the original iron trusses survive, has been at least partially renewed. A well-preserved WW2 air-raid shelter of brick with steel blast doors and internal hatches survives in the basement {2}. Corporation tramways offices and power station, now transport offices and garage, with yard wall and gates to north. 1901 by B.F. Simpson. Ashlar ground floor and basement to office; brick with ashlar dressings above and for power station. Roof of Welsh slate with copper turrets and ashlar coping. Yard wall brick with ashlar gateway and wood and wrought iron gates. Offices on corner with Trafalgar Street have basement and 4 storeys, 1 x 3 bays and 3-bay rounded corner; power station at right has one high storey with shallow basement, and 15 bays. Free style. Office entrance at left of curved corner has moulded surround with segmental head to double panelled doors, and tall well-cut letters 'OFFICE' fill the spandrels; tall overlight has radiating stone glazing bars and round head, with cartouches carved on corbels of long brackets supporting prominent dripmould. Paired basement windows have many small lights; ground floor windows have 4 x 4 square lights with stone mullions and transoms. Wide segmental arches to first floor windows have ashlar alternate quoins and voussoirs, and wood mullions and transoms. Similar treatment to paired upper windows with square heads, those on second floor resting on sill string and those on third floor plainer but with bracketed sills. T op windows have keys supporting top ashlar entablature with gutter cornice. Side bays of curved corner have stone oriels through second and third floors rising to tapered octagonal turrets with fishscale decoration to disc-and-dome roofs with ball and spear finials. Between turrets a tall ashlar pyramid rises from the eaves with central carved arms of the Corporation of Newcastle, and above the arms the roof continues in slate with copper lucames. These are in the style of those on late medieval halls of the Low Countries, with projecting prowcd roofs and tapered finials. A similar roof over the right bay to Melbourne Street rises behind a high parapet. Elaborately shaped coping to this and to gable at left return. Former power station at right tapers on rising street, with low segmental heads to 7 basement lights at ground level. Tall wide ashlar door in third bay from right has long, paired curved brackets springing from block at sill level and supporting deep baroque hoodmould. Within this surround a segmental head over renewed vehicle door has carved spandrels; overlight has stone glazing bars radiating from richly-carved panel; and head of arch has well-cut inscription of art nouveau letters 'NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CORPORATION TRAMWAYS' in moulded surround. Tall round-headed windows have glazing bars, radiating to round heads, and opening lights in lowest section, and are recessed on sloping sills. Moulded brick surrounds have ashlar bands overlapping and continuing from alternate jambs and from side keys; top keys project into brickwork. Deep ashlar eaves fascia below bracketed gutter cornice; 5 moulded rain water hoppers below fascia. Tall yard wall on left return to Trafalgar Street adjoins office building and has tall, deeply chamfered vehicle entrance with elaborate ashlar piers and gabled arch; full-height wood gates have art nouveau scrolled wrought iron top panels. Interior of offices shows richly glazed walls, partly covered with late C20 boarded cladding, to long flight of steps to ground floor. Well-painted stained glass in entrance overlight depicts in yellow stain the first horse-drawn trams of 1870s and the electric trams of 1901, with deep colours to symbolic figures over the central arms of the Corporation. Stair well has stone or concrete dogleg stair with art nouveau wrought iron balustrade and moulded wood handrail curling out to ground floor. Power station interior shows full length iron gallery at rear, and turned balusters to viewing gallery at offices end. Full length gantry on free-standing pierced H girders supports crane for lifting turbines. Now City Church Newcastle and various offices (Generator Studios) including Ryder Architecture by Ryder 2002.
Site Name
Tramway Generating Station, Melbourne Street
Site Type: Specific
Power Station
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
1911
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1911 >> English Heritage, 2001, Monuments Protection Program, Step 4 reports - Electric Power Generation Industry
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Newcastle City Tramways Building, Melbourne Street, Photographic Recording; Carroll, Rutter, 2012, Ryder (RIBA Publishing)
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
24
DAY2
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Portland Stone
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564380
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
Fine example of an interwar regional electricity central offices and control room for NESCO (Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company), important historically as a regional model for the national grid. The building façade in Portland stone has some good classical detailing and bears a plaque commemorating J W Swan's pioneering contribution to the industry {1}. Very fine inter-war building (1927) by Tait, Burnet and Lorne. Included electrically heated boilers for central heating, high speed electric lifts and a central vacuum plant for cleaning the building. Merz and McLellan, consulting engineers, were accomodated in the same block. 1924-8 by LJ Couves and Partners and Burnet, Tait and Lorne {McCombie 2009, 34}. Steel frame, Portland stone cladding. A strong composition with a low-domed corner turret incorporating showroom entrances. Bronze plaque by Richard A. Ray, 1931, to Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, inventor of the electric incandescent lamp and a pioneer in the science of photography. The long, sleek Market Street front curves downhill. At its centre a Greek-derived office entrance of granite with fat Doric columns of grey fossil-flecked limestone. In 2007 Gifford carried out an appraisal of the building. Internally, it was noted that the main vestibule and hall were furnished with original floorings and light fittings, together with the main and east staircases. The majority of the internal doors feature original inlay or scoring work while specialised marbling paintwork survives on the doorframes and skirting boards of the second floor together with Art Deco hanging lamps. The fittings of the control room of the North Eastern Electric Supply Co. still survive in the western end of the building, which has remained largely unchanged.
SITEASS
Very important as NESCO central offices and control room that provided model for the national grid. The survival of internal features and fittings could not be confirmed. Action - upgrade listing, with internal inspection to ensure that surviving features and fittings are included in the listing. Gifford assessed the building in 2007 and described it as in fair condition. It was given a BAR grading E (under repair or in fair to good repair).
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
Fine example of an interwar regional electricity central offices and control room for NESCO (Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company), important historically as a regional model for the national grid. The building façade in Portland stone has some good classical detailing and bears a plaque commemorating J W Swan's pioneering contribution to the industry {1}. Very fine inter-war building (1927) by Tait, Burnet and Lorne. Included electrically heated boilers for central heating, high speed electric lifts and a central vacuum plant for cleaning the building. Merz and McLellan, consulting engineers, were accommodated in the same block. 1924-8 by LJ Couves and Partners and Burnet, Tait and Lorne {McCombie 2009, 34}. Steel frame, Portland stone cladding. A strong composition with a low-domed corner turret incorporating showroom entrances. Bronze plaque by Richard A. Ray, 1931, to Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, inventor of the electric incandescent lamp and a pioneer in the science of photography. The long, sleek Market Street front curves downhill. At its centre a Greek-derived office entrance of granite with fat Doric columns of grey fossil-flecked limestone.
In 2007 Gifford carried out an appraisal of the building. Internally, it was noted that the main vestibule and hall were furnished with original floorings and light fittings, together with the main and east staircases. The majority of the internal doors feature original inlay or scoring work while specialised marbling paintwork survives on the doorframes and skirting boards of the second floor together with Art Deco hanging lamps. The fittings of the control room of the North Eastern Electric Supply Co. still survive in the western end of the building, which has remained largely unchanged.
Site Name
Carliol House
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
1910
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1910 >> English Heritage, 2001, Monuments Protecton Program,Step 4 reports - Electric Power Generation Industry
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 72; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 34 and 143; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2001
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
24
DAY2
09
District
Newcastle
Easting
420130
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569290
parish
Woolsington
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Kenton Bankfoot
Description
Approximately 200 metres west of Bullock Steads lies a small rectilinear enclosure, c.50 metres in size, defined by a single ditch and containing one central circular feature, c.12-15 metres in diameter. No signs of an entrance can be distinguished on the aerial photograph and the feature appears indistinct. There are other cropmarks to the south which may be part of an associated field system. The feature appears on a photograph of 26th March 1981, but does not appear on other photographs taken in 1974 and 1991.
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
Approximately 200m west of Bullock Steads lies a small rectilinear enclosure defined by a single ditch and containing one central circular feature. No signs of an entrance can be distinguished on the aerial photograph and the feature appears vague and indistinct. The enclosure can only be c50m in size and the central feature can only be c12-15m in diameter. There are other cropmarks to the south which may be part of an associated field system. The feature appears on a BKS photograph of 26.3.81 (ref. 30 27041) when the area was in crop. It does not appear on a 1991 photograph (Geonex 07-09-1991 ref. 109 91 189) which shows the area to have reverted to scrub, nor on a 1974 photograph (Fairey Surveys, 27-08-74 ref. 7429) when the site was under heavy crop {1}.
Site Name
Bullock Steads, single ditched rectilinear enclosure
Site Type: Specific
Site
HER Number
1909
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Sources
<< HER 1909 >> Pers. Comm. S. Speak
YEAR1
2001
YEAR2
2020
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
10
District
Gateshead
Easting
425220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557810
parish
Lamesley
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Lamesley
Description
A possible hollow way visible on the ground as a slight earthwork and revealed by geophysical survey.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Possible hollow way visible on the ground as a slight earthwork and revealed by geophysical survey.
Site Name
Lamesley, Possible hollow way
Site Type: Specific
Hollow Way
HER Number
1908
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Sources
<< HER 1908 >> Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2001, Lamesley Pasture, Geophysics report
Aerial Photograph, Tim Gates, 2001, T+W/01/D, frames 9-22