St. Peter's Glass Houses

HER Number

16827

District

Newcastle

Site Name

St. Peter's Glass Houses

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Glass Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

St. Peter's Glass Houses shown on the Byker Tithe Plan (1845) owned and occupied by William Richardson and Co. Not seperately labelled on the OS plans. Demolished between 1858-1898 along with adjacent Byker Bottle Works (HER 4173).

Easting

427100

Northing

563540

Grid Reference

NZ427100563540

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Anglo-Swedish Engineering Ltd. Glasshouse Street, Byker - Archaeological Assessment; Byker Tithe Plan, 1845, NRO DT81M