Percybank Brick and Tile Works
Percybank Brick and Tile Works
HER Number
2121
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Percybank Brick and Tile Works
Place
Howdon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
One of the southern branches of the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1055) appears to run to this site. The site was first leased from the Duke of Northumberland in 1835, by John Sadler. By 1852, production was up to 1ΒΌ million bricks and the same number of tiles. In 1853 the works were up for sale. They consisted of a pug mill, 3 large kilns with coal stores, a 72x15 yard tile drying shade, with 2 smaller ones and two quays on the river Tyne. The buildings were wooden with pantile roofs. The extent of the site is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.
Easting
434740
Northing
566280
Grid Reference
NZ434740566280
Sources
<< HER 2121 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98
P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.62
P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.62