South Gosforth Metro Station, footbridge
South Gosforth Metro Station, footbridge
HER Number
9797
District
Newcastle
Site Name
South Gosforth Metro Station, footbridge
Place
South Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The metro station replaced the 1865 station of the Blyth and Tyne branch of the North Eastern Railway Company. All that survives from 1865 is a sturdy cast-iron footbridge.
Easting
425160
Northing
568010
Grid Reference
NZ425160568010
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 502