Dunston, Community Buildings

Dunston, Community Buildings

HER Number
1636
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Dunston, Community Buildings
Place
Dunston
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mine Building
Site Type: Specific
Mine Building
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Buildings with an interesting architectural affinity to some of the earliest pithead baths built in the 1920s. The Miners Welfare Building is in plain brick with concrete pilasters terminating in twin flag poles and a canopy over entrance. It is now in community use.
Easting
423190
Northing
562450
Grid Reference
NZ423190562450
Sources
<< HER 1636 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area
1957, Buildings Of England, Northumberland