Tyne and Wear HER(2429): South Shields, South Pier - Details
2429
S Tyneside
South Shields, South Pier
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime
Landing Point
Pier
Early Modern
C19
Structure
Construction of the Pier by the Tyne Improvement Commission began in 1854.The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the pier construction works and the railway (HER refs. 2432 & 2495) associated with this structure. The Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House (HER ref. 2430) was at the south end of the pier, a lighthouse was built at its northern end. LOCAL LIST
37460
67932
NZ3746067932
<< HER 2429 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.8,11; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/39/SS; Historic England (Designation), Consultation Report, 13 July 2016