Sunderland Road, printing works

Sunderland Road, printing works

HER Number
16106
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Sunderland Road, printing works
Place
Felling
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Printing and Publishing Site
Site Type: Specific
Printing Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Stone workshops and car sales outlet, the remnant of a larger structure constructed by Walter Scott as a printing works. Subsequent to its use as a printing works the building hosted a number of other industrial concerns including Adamson and Green. This building was subject to several fires which had reduced the complex to its present size by 1960. The most interesting feature of the building was the extensive use of cast-iron columns, mostly submerged within later brick walls. The building was recorded prior to its demolition in 2009.
Easting
427130
Northing
562180
Grid Reference
NZ427130562180
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording, Alan Williams Archaeology, 2008, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording