English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5177
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
426080
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563950
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Gateshead
Description
Shown on Hutton's plan of 1770. This foundry used iron waste brought in as ballast. It was established to the east of Hillgate in 1747 by William Hawks, foreman blacksmith to Sir Ambrose Crowley of Stourbridge, and was called "New Greenwich" after Crowley's old works on the Thames. The works produced spades, shovels, bar iron and steel. William Hawks' son William inherited the works in 1755 and he expanded the works until his death in 1801. In 1774 the works consisted of four rooms, a smith's shop and a mill powered by a water course which ran through the Park Estate. The foundry had a mill (NZ 2608 6386) and a mill pond (NZ 2614 6386). New Greenwich Iron Works is shown on Oliver's plan of 1830. Later expanded into the larger Gateshead Iron Works (HER 5177).
Site Type: Broad
Engineering Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Hutton's plan of 1770. This foundry used iron waste brought in as ballast. It was established to the east of Hillgate in 1747 by William Hawks, foreman blacksmith to Sir Ambrose Crowley of Stourbridge, and was called "New Greenwich" after Crowley's old works on the Thames. The works produced spades, shovels, bar iron and steel. William Hawks' son William inherited the works in 1755 and he expanded the works until his death in 1801. In 1774 the works consisted of four rooms, a smith's shop and a mill powered by a water course which ran through the Park Estate. The foundry had a mill (NZ 2608 6386) and a mill pond (NZ 2614 6386). New Greenwich Iron Works is shown on Oliver's plan of 1830. Later expanded into the larger Gateshead Iron Works (HER 5177).
Site Name
New Greenwich Foundry
Site Type: Specific
Foundry
HER Number
5585
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5585 >> F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, pp 66-67
Charles Hutton, 1770, Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead
T. Oliver, 1830, Plan of Newcastle and Gateshead
J. Bailie, 1801, An Impartial History of ... Newcastle upon Tyne
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
John Scott & Sons horse-drawn haulage yard and stables on Breamish Street. Built 1886-7 and still used up to 1968. Rare survival of an Ouseburn haulage yard, (there were many such yards in the Ouseburn valley in the 19th century and early 20th century as road haulage at this time was undertaken by horse and cart. Other Ouseburn carting firms included Grearson's of Stepney Road, Dickinson's, Currie & Co, Anderson's of Foundry Lane, Gribbin's, Rankin & Sons and Baxter's. The only other surviving complex is the smaller Stepney Bank Stables) The boundary walls, gatehouse, stable block, workshops, office and sheds survive. The original buildings are of red-brick brick, but they have been altered and extended. The interior of the stable block is of coursed rendered rubble. The blocked sockets for the floor joists of the hay loft are still visible, as are the hay loft windows. Site lies above the Victoria Tunnel and the Quayside Branch Line tunnel.
SITEASS
The former horse and carriage stables are now used as car and van hire centre. The former stables in the most part retain original detailing. The elevation onto Breamish Street has been modernised for use as offices. Due for conversion to townhouses [2004].
Site Type: Broad
Stable
SITEDESC
John Scott & Sons horse-drawn haulage yard and stables on Breamish Street. Built 1886-7 and still used up to 1968. Rare survival of an Ouseburn haulage yard, (there were many such yards in the Ouseburn valley in the 19th century and early 20th century as road haulage at this time was undertaken by horse and cart. Other Ouseburn carting firms included Grearson's of Stepney Road, Dickinson's, Currie & Co, Anderson's of Foundry Lane, Gribbin's, Rankin & Sons and Baxter's. The only other surviving complex is the smaller Stepney Bank Stables) The boundary walls, gatehouse, stable block, workshops, office and sheds survive. The original buildings are of red-brick brick, but they have been altered and extended. The interior of the stable block is of coursed rendered rubble. The blocked sockets for the floor joists of the hay loft are still visible, as are the hay loft windows. Site lies above the Victoria Tunnel and the Quayside Branch Line tunnel.
Site Name
St Ann's Yard
Site Type: Specific
Stable
HER Number
5584
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5584 >> R.E. Young & J.C. Mabbitt, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2002, St Ann's Yard, Byker, Archaeological Assessment & Buildings Survey
1999, Ouseburn Heritage, Issue 3
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
DAY2
06
District
Newcastle
Easting
426170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Former Wesleyan Mission House dating to 1867. Now flats. Retains much of its architectural integrity. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
This brick building is identified by a stone plaque as ‘Ouseburn Mission Hall 1869’. The south elevation of the Mission Hall has four pointed arch windows delineated in stone at ground floor level, two of which, in the central section, are now connected by a larger round arched door, which is a new addition to the building. The west front also has two pointed arch windows and a central round ached window, which was formerly a door. The building is now used for residential purposes.
Site Type: Broad
Mission Hall
SITEDESC
Former Wesleyan Mission House dating to 1867. Closed in 1933. Now flats. Retains much of its architectural integrity. Brick with ashlar dressings, Gothic arched openings to ground floor. Mission hall with flat above.
Site Name
147 City Road, Mission House
Site Type: Specific
Mission Hall
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5583
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5583 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564530
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
The large scale warehouses of this yard still dominate Lime Street. There was a state-of-the-art slaughterhouse built by the Co-operative Society. Animals brought into the cattle sanatorium at Lower Steenberg's Yard were slaughtered here or sent to the cattle market. The waste products were flushed into the Ouseburn. There was also a boot making works/shoe repairers, also built by the Newcastle Cooperative Society. Now converted into residential flats, workshops, Ouseburn Partnership Office and an indoor riding ring for Stepney Bank Stables. The southern most building was bombed during the War.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
The large scale warehouses of this yard still dominate Lime Street. There was a state-of-the-art slaughterhouse built by the Co-operative Society. Animals brought into the cattle sanatorium at Lower Steenberg's Yard were slaughtered here or sent to the cattle market. The waste products were flushed into the Ouseburn. There was also a boot making works/shoe repairers, also built by the Newcastle Cooperative Society. Now converted into residential flats, workshops, Ouseburn Partnership Office and an indoor riding ring for Stepney Bank Stables. The southern most building was bombed during WW2.
Site Name
Upper Steenbergs
Site Type: Specific
Abattoir
HER Number
5582
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5582 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer
SURVIVAL
60-79%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564710
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Stone bridge next to the site of a flint mill.
Site Type: Broad
Bridge
SITEDESC
Stone bridge next to the site of a flint mill.
Site Name
Flint Mill Bridge
Site Type: Specific
Bridge
HER Number
5581
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5581 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
9137, 8852
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Opened in 1893. Closed in 1960s and re-opened in 1993 as a Business Development Centre. Built by F.W. Rich and characterised by Dutch type gables, decorative moulded brickwork and pagoda style turrets similar to those found on Burmese temples. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Opened in 1893. Closed in 1960s and re-opened in 1993 as a Business Development Centre. Built by F.W. Rich and characterised by Dutch type gables, decorative moulded brickwork and pagoda style turrets similar to those found on Burmese temples. School, now offices. 1893 by F.W. Rich. 4-and-one English garden wall bond brick with ashlar and moulded brick dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 ranges almost enclosing yard. Eclectic style with C17 and C18 elements. 2 storeys and attics in 3-bay north range; 3-storey wings return inwards from corner towers and enclose 2-storey sections. 4-stage towers have keyed brick open arches, that at right blocked; long window above in Gibbs surround; 2 sashes under flat brick arches in 3rd stage and blank 4th; very wide modillioned
eaves; ogee-hipped roof with hipped dormers; and on top, 3 tiers of eaves, the lower 2 octagonal and the top round, to parabolic roof with low-hipped dormers and ball-and-spike finial, like a Burmese temple roof. Wings have arched entrance porches, GIRLS inscribed at left and BOYS at right, flanked by pedimented pilasters; elliptical and flat brick arches and moulded sills to sashes with glazing bars; keyed oculi on 2nd floor above porches; hipped roofs. North range has double-chamfered stone-mullioned-and-transomed windows; high shaped gable with swan-neck pediment; over centre section flanked by 6-light windows under lower dormers with shaped gables. Moulded brick floor strings; brick-and-ashlar pilaster and quoin strips. Tall corniced chimneys with strings. John Penn (2009) says the whimsical 'pagodas' on the schools do not seem to accord with what can be surmised of the character of Rich, and that this period of major work coincides with the point at which his two sons (Edmund and Roland) complete their training and enter the practice. For a time Edmund worked for Oliver & Leeson. Two of their buildings have similarly 'playful touches' like the pagodas on the Ouseburn schools: 1-15 Gallowgate has fancy dormers. Clarendon House has an oriel window.
Site Name
Albion Row, Ouseburn Schools
Site Type: Specific
School
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5580
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5580 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29; Elain Harwood, 2010, England's Schools - History, architecture and adaptation, page 95; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 137; John Penn, 2009, The Enigmatic Architect: Frank West Rich (1840-1929), Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol XXXVIII, pp 139-149
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426310
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564230
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Offices of the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company. Now known as Allan House after the company who has occupied the building in recent years. Built in red brick, of three bays, the centre of which projects slightly forward and is marked by a parapet at roof level. Slate roof. Original Georgian fenestration survives. Site lies over the Victoria Tunnel (HER 4091). LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
The prominent red brick building now known as Allan House was built to house the offices of the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company, which was formed in 1864 after the amalgamation of Tyne & Continental Steam and Navigation Company and Newcastle, Antwerp & Dunkirk Steam Shipping Company. The original painted sign reading ‘Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd’ is still visible above the carriage arch. Several windows are decorated with ornate carving and there are two first floor oriel windows at the east end of the building. The structure is built over a section of the Victoria Tunnel, a Grade II listed underground waggonway.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
Offices of the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company. 1908 by J W Taylor. Sparse English Baroque detail. Now known as Allan House after the company who has occupied the building in recent years. Built in red brick, of three bays, the centre of which projects slightly forward and is marked by a parapet at roof level. Slate roof. Original Georgian fenestration survives. Site lies over the Victoria Tunnel (HER 4091). Converted to the Hotel du Vin in 2007-8 with a new rear wing.
Site Name
Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co (Allan House)
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5579
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5579 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 136
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426240
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564390
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Listed in Ward's Directory of 1892 at No. 24 Lime Street. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The adjoining properties were houses and the Newcastle Arms Public House. A brick wall survives, fronting onto Lime Street.
Site Type: Broad
Mission Hall
SITEDESC
Listed in Ward's Directory of 1892 at No. 24 Lime Street. Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. The adjoining properties were houses and the Newcastle Arms Public House. A brick wall survives, fronting onto Lime Street.
Site Name
Lime Street Mission Room
Site Type: Specific
Mission Hall
HER Number
5578
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5578 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer
SURVIVAL
1-19%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426220
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564470
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Slipway down to Ouseburn, still retaining its original floorscape of granite setts. Carts used this route to offload their goods onto boats. Shown on Dixon's survey of 1831 (with a small structure that fronts onto the quay and a seond structure built against the slipway) and Oliver's map of 1840. The buildings had been removed by 1850. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Local list - The slipway running from 26 Lime Street into the Ouseburn is a good surviving example of a cobbled and granite horse tramway. It still retains its parallel route down to the water, and is used by members of the Newcastle Motorboat Club as a space to maintain their vessels. The slipway adds to the character of the Ouseburn Valley.
Site Type: Broad
Slipway
SITEDESC
Slipway down to Ouseburn, still retaining its original floorscape of granite setts. Carts used this route to offload their goods onto boats. Shown on Dixon's survey of 1831 (with a small structure that fronts onto the quay and a second structure built against the slipway) and Oliver's map of 1840. The buildings had been removed by 1850.
Site Name
Lime Street slipway
Site Type: Specific
Slipway
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5577
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5577 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426210
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ouseburn
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.
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
SITEDESC
The Tyne Dry saltery 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.
Site Name
Tyne Drysaltery
Site Type: Specific
Soap Factory
HER Number
5576
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5576 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004