Axwell Park View, Benwell Waterworks chimney
Axwell Park View, Benwell Waterworks chimney
HER Number
9039
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Axwell Park View, Benwell Waterworks chimney
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
Site Type: Specific
Chimney
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Pumping engine chimney. 1904 for Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co., consulting
engineer Charles Hawksley, resident engineer A.L. Forster. Flemish bond brick
with ashlar dressings. Octagonal; classical treatment. Tall panelled base with
rounded moulding to plinth; top band and cornice. Source: R.W. Rennison
Water to Tyneside Newcastle 1979 pp 200-01.
Included for landmark value. LISTED GRADE 2
engineer Charles Hawksley, resident engineer A.L. Forster. Flemish bond brick
with ashlar dressings. Octagonal; classical treatment. Tall panelled base with
rounded moulding to plinth; top band and cornice. Source: R.W. Rennison
Water to Tyneside Newcastle 1979 pp 200-01.
Included for landmark value. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
420720
Northing
564220
Grid Reference
NZ420720564220
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/77; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 515