Tyne Drysaltery

HER Number

5576

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Tyne Drysaltery

Place

Ouseburn

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Soap Factory

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Tyne Drysaltery and Packing Company (soap manufacturers) are listed at this address in Ward's Directory of 1892. The original building has gone. The present structure, occupied by Lowes Hall Stationers was built in 1926. It has a re-used eighteenth century datestone in its southern gable.

Easting

426210

Northing

564500

Grid Reference

NZ426210564500

Sources

<< HER 5576 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer