Lemington Glass Works, Cone
Lemington Glass Works, Cone
HER Number
9079
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Lemington Glass Works, Cone
Place
Lemington
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Glass Cone
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Glassworks, now factory. Circa 1787 for the Northumberland Glass Company. English bond brick; renewed uppermost courses. Tall cone with 5 large segmental arches visible on west and south sides, 2 smaller on north, bricked up and with inserted door in north-west. Source: E. Mackenzie View of the County of Northumberland
vol. II, Newcastle 1825, p. 382. Historical note: the only surviving glasshouse on the Tyne, famous since the early C17 for the manufacture of glass. LISTED GRADE 2*
vol. II, Newcastle 1825, p. 382. Historical note: the only surviving glasshouse on the Tyne, famous since the early C17 for the manufacture of glass. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
418360
Northing
564570
Grid Reference
NZ418360564570
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 10/24; AB Heritage, 2022, The Old Glassworks, Lemington, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Archaeology Desk Based Assessment