Rickless Drift Stables

HER Number

5108

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Rickless Drift Stables

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Stable

Site Type: Specific

Stable

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Colliery brick stable block built after 1919 and associated with Rickless Drift which was used for ventilation, man-riding and pit pony access 1890-1948. The building is still used for stabling.

Easting

414020

Northing

560790

Grid Reference

NZ414020560790

Sources

<< HER 5108 >> English Heritage, Monuments Protection Program, Site Assessment