English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
1352
DAY1
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
422580
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569660
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Fawdon
Description
18th century farmhouse, possibly with earlier sections and with later additions. Red-brown brick with rubble sandstone rear. Welsh slate roof with stone copings and ridge chimneys. 2-storey with 2-storey cross wing of two builds, the rear part substantially 19th century. Interior - a kitchen range made by Moffatts of Gateshead. Moffatts were furnishing ironmongers and ironware wholesalers, first mentioned in trade directories in 1879 at their premises at 2 Bottle Bank. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
18th century farmhouse, possibly with earlier sections and with later additions. Red-brown brick with rubble sandstone rear. Welsh slate roof with stone copings and ridge chimneys. 2-storey with 2-storey cross wing of two builds, the rear part substantially C19. Interior - a kitchen range made by Moffatts of Gateshead. Moffatts were furnishing ironmongers and ironware wholesalers, first mentioned in trade directories in 1879 at their premises at 2 Bottle Bank.
Site Name
Red House Farmhouse
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5678
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5678 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1987
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special … Interest, Aug-15
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2000, Red House Farm, Fawdon, Archaeological Assessment
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Red House Farm, Fawdon, Archaeological Evaluation, listed building 8/15
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Destroyed
Crossref
2456
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435960
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566900
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Attractive brick building with slate roof. This the staiths master's house. Staith House was built to house the washing and locker facilities for Harton Low Staithes' engine drivers and coal-handlers. Presently blocked windows deaden its appearance. It has an embellished red brick façade. Harton Colliery Staiths (HER 2456) are shown 100 metres to the west on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Attractive brick building with slate roof. This the staiths master's house. Harton Colliery Staiths (HER 2456) are shown 100m to the west on the second edition OS map. Staith House was built to house the washing and locker facilities for Harton Low Staithes' engine drivers and coal-handlers. Presently blocked windows deaden its appearance. It has an embellished red brick façade. It is vacant and in poor repair. The adjacent boundary wall was reconfigured in the 1980s.
This building was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was removed in 2023 due to demolition.
Site Name
Mill Dam, Staith Masters House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
5677
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5677 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1990; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, September 2006, Mill Dam Conservation Area; George B. Hodgson, 1996, Borough of South Shields (first published 1903); N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011:
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/6/SS
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
4927,4928
DAY1
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
419540
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ17SE
MAP2
NZ27SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571080
parish
Woolsington
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Woolsington
Description
Proposals for an aerodrome at Newcastle first started in 1929, an idea prompted by the Air Ministry (who also recommended that Sunderland should have an aerodrome at White Mare Pool, Boldon). In 1929 Newcastle City Council agreed to look into the possibility of building an airport, although the first suggested site, the Town Moor, was not to be considered. Eighteen possible sites were looked at, and after an aerial survey, land at High House Farm, Woolsington, was chosen as the best candidate. Work started in 1934 to level, harrow and sow the land with special grass seed from Russia. The new aerodrome opened in July 1935. The official programme for the opening day describes a grand club house (HER 4927) with residential accomodation for the steward, a hangar, workshops, office, ambulance room, petrol and oil store, garage and sewage disposal plant. In reality the aerodrome consisted of the clubhouse building, a hangar and a "grassy strip". The aerodrome had a wireless operations room. In the centre of the airfield the name 'Newcastle' was painted onto concrete blocks. There was no electrical flare-path as night flying was limited. The aerodrome was said to have cost circa £35,000. The Aero Club managed the airport on behalf of the Corporation and ran a flying training school. During World War Two Woolsington was an RAF Station (a WW2 hangar still survives HER 4928). It operated No. 83 Maintenance Unit, supported the fighter base at Ouston and ran the RAF Salvage Unit for crashed aircraft. The airport was handed back to Newcastle Corporation in 1946.
SITEASS
In CS Dobinson's "Twentieth Century Fortifications in England" Airfield Themes, Newcastle is listed as a satellite and relief landing ground in September 1940.
Site Type: Broad
Air Transport Site
SITEDESC
Proposals for an aerodrome at Newcastle first started in 1929, an idea prompted by the Air Ministry (who also recommended that Sunderland should have an aerodrome at White Mare Pool, Boldon). In 1929 Newcastle City Council agreed to look into the possibility of building an airport, although the first suggested site, the Town Moor, was not to be considered. Eighteen possible sites were looked at, and after an aerial survey, land at High House Farm, Woolsington, was chosen as the best candidate. Work started in 1934 to level, harrow and sow the land with special grass seed from Russia. The new aerodrome opened in July 1935. The official programme for the opening day describes a grand club house (HER 4927) with residential accommodation for the steward, a hangar, workshops, office, ambulance room, petrol and oil store, garage and sewage disposal plant. In reality the aerodrome consisted of the clubhouse building, a hangar and a "grassy strip". The aerodrome had a wireless operations room. In the centre of the airfield the name 'Newcastle' was painted onto concrete blocks. There was no electrical flare-path as night flying was limited. The aerodrome was said to have cost circa £35,000. The Aero Club managed the airport on behalf of the Corporation and ran a flying training school. During World War Two Woolsington was an RAF Station (a WW2 hangar still survives HER 4928). During 1940, 72 Squadron kept detachments at Woolsington for night patrols. From July 1940 it operated No. 83 Maintenance Unit, and from April 1941, supported the fighter base at Acklington and then Ouston and ran the RAF Salvage Unit for crashed aircraft in Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland and Westmorland. It acquired three Pickett-Hamilton retractable pillboxes. In June 1943 No 281 Squadron moved here from Ouston., leaving for Drem in October 1943. 62 OT Unit used Woolsington as a satellite for their Ansons from Ouston from November 1943 to August 1944. The airport was handed back to Newcastle Corporation in 1946. The airport expanded slowly, helped by the establishment of a subsidiary base for Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Hunting Clan began operations in 1953 with Dakotas, including several international routes. A hard runway replaced the grass field in 1954. Hunting Clan left in 1956 due to low passenger numbers, but in 1959 BKS Air Transport restarted the London route, becoming North East Airlines and absorbed by British Airways in 1976. A new terminal was built in 1966/7.
Site Name
Newcastle Airport (RAF Woolsington)
Site Type: Specific
Airfield
HER Number
5676
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5676 >> J. Sleight, Small Enough to Conquer the Sky - Jim Denyer, 'Mr Newcastle Airport'
A. Brownhill, 1981, The Resource Workbook of Newcastle Airport
S. Middlebrook, Newcastle upon Tyne - Its Growth and Acheivements, The Journal
Newcastle Airport, 1985, Fifty Years 1935-1985
The Archaeological Practice, 1997, Newcastle International Airport, Cultural Heritage Assessment; D.J. Smith, 1983, Action Stations, No. 7, Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland, pp 228-229; Tyne and Wear Musuems, 2008, Newcastle International Airport, Southside Development - Archaeological Evaluation
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4984
DAY1
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
418200
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
Civil War
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Winlaton Mill
Description
Cannon balls and lead musket balls have been found at Primrose Hill, Goodshields Haugh. The old drove road at Clockburn Lonnen (HER 4984) was used by Oliver Cromwell and his army in 1650, on their way to the Battle of Dunbar.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Cannon balls and lead musket balls have been found at Primrose Hill, Goodshields Haugh. The old drove road at Clockburn Lonnen (HER 4984) was used by Oliver Cromwell and his army in 1650, on their way to the Battle of Dunbar.
Site Name
Winlaton Mill, cannon and musket balls
Site Type: Specific
Cannon Ball
HER Number
5675
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5675 >> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Appendices, Airfield Themes, Vol IX 2, p 250 and 262
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
12
DAY2
04
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430410
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569730
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Scaffold Hill
Description
A range of buildings on the site of the present Scaffold Hill Farm is shown on the Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800. The farm, therefore, may have been established in this post-enclosure period. Now partly extant?
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
A range of buildings on the site of the present Scaffold Hill Farm is shown on the Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800. The farm, therefore, may have been established in this post-enclosure period. Now partly extant?
Site Name
Scaffold Hill Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
5674
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5674 >>; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment; Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800 (AC.0.XXII.36).
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
04
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427680
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568160
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Longbenton
Description
This was the Barrage Balloon Centre of RAF Longbenton. It included four barrage balloon sites for mooring balloons, a number of air raid shelters and sme slit trenches. Associated buildings were quite extensive. An airship hangar was photographed in 1992. Now demolished. Surrounded by timber huts. There was a complex of pillboxes in this area (HER 5433,5434 and 5436).
Site Type: Broad
Military Base
SITEDESC
This was the Barrage Balloon Centre of RAF Longbenton. It included four barrage balloon sites for mooring balloons, a number of air raid shelters and sme slit trenches. Associated buildings were quite extensive. An airship hangar was photographed in 1992. Now demolished. Surrounded by timber huts. There was a complex of pillboxes in this area (HER 5433,5434 and 5436).
Site Name
Coach Lane, Barrage Balloon Centre
Site Type: Specific
Barrage Balloon Centre
HER Number
5673
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 5673 >> Pers. Comm. Chris Hamilton, 2003, Winlaton; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1317918; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/LA/181 2006 16-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/UK/1193 4255 27-FEB-1946
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
312,495
DAY1
12
DAY2
30
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427590
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
573020
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Burradon
Description
A plan of the Burradon Estate of William Ogle Wallis Ogle of Causey Park dated February 14th 1804 shows two adjacent farms at the centre of the estate lands, one of which consists of a courtyard of buildings attached to the east and south elevations of the pele tower, the second being an elongated range of three separate buildings to the north of the tower. Each farm has its own stack yard and garth. By 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858 buildings had been added in-between the older buildings and a gin-gan had been built onto the north facing wall of the centrally located threshing barn. In the second half of the 19th century there were major changes. With the exception of the ancient tower and two cottages relating to the nearby quarry, all the farm buildings were removed. The farmstead attached to the pele tower was demolished completely. Burradon House was built to the west of the tower with a range of buildings fronting onto the roadway through the site - this still exist. The farmstead to the north of the road was also removed and a new range of farm buildings constructed. Other than the addition of timber barns to the rear of the stone buildings, the plan the buildings today is that which had developed by the end of 19th century. The new farm was based on the introduction of steam power and the construction of a long two storey range on an east-west axis forming the spine of the farm. Typically the engine house with its attendant chimney protruded from the rear of the threshing barn at the centre of this range. On the south elevation were a series of arched entrances at ground level with window openings above. A series of foldyards were created by the construction of single storey ranges extensing southwards from the main buildings. The eastern elevation of the easternmost range was left open as a cart shed and a smithy stood at its southern end. Most of the buildings have survived. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
In general the structures do not have the building quality of some of the farmsteads of the period, particularly those owned by the Duke of Northumberland and other major landowners, but were clearly part of a process of gentrification of the site within which a modern range of farm buildings were built to accompany the gentleman's residence and the historic pele tower. The whole complex however is typical of the period - dating principally from a point after 1858 and the agricultural depression of the 1880s. Many features survive, particularly the arched openings, a considerable number of window openings, the engine house chimney and the overall plan-form of the ninetweenth century farm.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
A plan of the Burradon Estate of William Ogle Wallis Ogle of Causey Park dated February 14th 1804 shows two adjacent farms at the centre of the estate lands, one of which consists of a courtyard of buildings attached to the east and south elevations of the pele tower, the second being an elongated range of three separate buildings to the north of the tower. Each farm has its own stack yard and garth. By 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858 buildings had been added in-between the older buildings and a gingang had been built onto the north facing wall of the centrally located threshing barn. In the second half of the 19th century there were major changes. With the exception of the ancient tower and two cottages relating to the nearby quarry, all the farm buildings were removed. The farmstead attached to the pele tower was demolished completely. Burradon House was built to the west of the tower with a range of buildings fronting onto the roadway through the site - this still exist. The farmstead to the north of the road was also removed and a new range of farm buildings constructed. Other than the addition of timber barns to the rear of the stone buildings, the plan the buildings today is that which had developed by the end of C19. The new farm was based on the introduction of steam power and the construction of a long two storey range on an east-west axis forming the spine of the farm. Typically the engine house with its attendant chimney protruded from the rear of the threshing barn at the centre of this range. On the south elevation were a series of arched entrances at ground level with window openings above. A series of foldyards were created by the construction of single storey ranges extending southwards from the main buildings. The eastern elevation of the easternmost range was left open as a cart shed and a smithy stood at its southern end. Most of the buildings have survived. The barn structures were recorded in 2008 by ARS Ltd. There were four phases of construction 1858, 2 phases prior to 1893 and the later part of the 20th century. No evidence of the 19th century steam engine or other fixtures and fittings were noted during the survey.
Site Name
Burradon House Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5672
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5672 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
I. Ayris 1995, Typed notes
1804,of the Burradon Estate, Northumberland Records Office/DT78M; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); Archaeological Research Services Ltd. 2008, Burradon Farm, Burradon, Tyne and Wear - Historic Building Recording; Archaeological Research Services Ltd. 2008, Burradon Farm, Burradon, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Watching Brief
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2015
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Wallsend
Description
Found during building works in October 1991. Subterranean ashlar and brick structure. Presumably a cold store or ice house.
Site Type: Broad
Icehouse
SITEDESC
Found during building works in October 1991. Subterranean ashlar and brick structure. Presumably a cold store or ice house.
Site Name
Wallsend, Hawthorn Grove, cold store/ice house
Site Type: Specific
Icehouse
HER Number
5671
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5671 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1991
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566300
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Wallsend
Description
Fire hydrant photographed in 1996 before its removal.
Site Type: Broad
Street Furniture
SITEDESC
Fire hydrant photographed in 1996 before its removal.
Site Name
Wallsend, High Street West, Fire Hydrant
Site Type: Specific
Fire Hydrant
HER Number
5670
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5670 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1996
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570100
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Tynemouth
Description
White metal cabinet at side of road ajacent to a lamppost. Plaque says "Autoflex Road Signal System - Patents Applied For - The Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Company Ltd, London". On the opposite side of the road there is a post incorporating a vent syastem [for a sewer?]
SITEASS
Photographed in June 1996 - is it still there?
Site Type: Broad
Street Furniture
SITEDESC
White metal cabinet at side of road adjacent to a lamppost. Plaque says "Autoflex Road Signal System - Patents Applied For - The Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Company Ltd, London". On the opposite side of the road there is a post incorporating a vent system [for a sewer?]
Site Name
The Broadway, Road Signal System
Site Type: Specific
Traffic Lights
HER Number
5669
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5669 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1996
YEAR1
2004