English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
27
District
Newcastle
Easting
424640
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563720
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Newcastle Glass Works (Flint)
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
5060
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5060 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2002
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
7098
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436300
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cullercoats
Description
Life Brigade Apparatus House for Cullercoats Life Brigade, now a private dwelling. Dated 1867 above door. Painted snecked stone with ashlar dressings and quoins; graduated slate roof and brick chimney. One storey. Double boarded door in elliptical- headed keyed arch and alternate-block jambs. Inscribed stone scroll above - LIFE BRIGADE HOUSE/1867. Small chamfered pointed-arched niche above. Bargeboards with finials. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
This was the second Life Brigade in the country, formed immediately after Tynemouth in 1864. These brigades pioneered the technique of saving shipwreck victims by rocket-firing lifelines to wrecked vessels.
Site Type: Broad
Navigation Aid
SITEDESC
Life Brigade Apparatus House for Cullercoats Life Brigade, now a private dwelling. Dated 1867 above door. Painted snecked stone with ashlar dressings and quoins; graduated slate roof and brick chimney. One storey. Double boarded door in elliptical- headed keyed arch and alternate-block jambs. Inscribed stone scroll above - LIFE BRIGADE HOUSE/1867. Small chamfered pointed-arched niche above. Bargeboards with finials.
Site Name
Cullercoats, John Street, Rocket Garage
Site Type: Specific
Coastguard Station
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5059
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5059 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/97; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
7098
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436360
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571300
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Cullercoats
Description
The original Dove Marine Laboratory building was constructed by the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee and opened on 21 October 1897. The laboratory exterior was merely a wooden hut next to the Salt Water Baths, which had been erected around 1807 by a Richard Armstrong. The Salt Water Baths were positioned in an area where no fresh water could mix with the sea water and weaken its strength, and were refilled every tide to avoid infection. The baths had four bathrooms and dressing rooms. The Marine Laboratory was built to undertake scientific studies into the Northumberland coast fishery to help increase its prosperity. In 1904 a fire destroyed the buildings. In September 1908 a new Marine Laboratory opened, thanks to local benefactor Mr W.H. Huddleston, who named the building after his ancestor Eleanor Dove. The Dove Marine Laboratory still carries out coastal research . In the public aquarium there was a tank or pond, and eleven tanks of various sizes along three of the walls. Outside the building large storage tanks for sea-water were built. The tanks and the foundations of the building were constructed in ferro-concrete. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Laboratory
SITEDESC
The original Dove Marine Laboratory building was constructed by the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee and opened on 21 October 1897. The laboratory exterior was merely a wooden hut next to the Salt Water Baths, which had been erected around 1807 by a Richard Armstrong. The Salt Water Baths were positioned in an area where no fresh water could mix with the sea water and weaken its strength, and were refilled every tide to avoid infection. The baths had four bathrooms and dressing rooms. The Marine Laboratory was built to undertake scientific studies into the Northumberland coast fishery to help increase its prosperity. In 1904 a fire destroyed the buildings. In September 1908 a new Marine Laboratory opened, thanks to local benefactor Mr W.H. Huddleston, who named the building after his ancestor Eleanor Dove. The Dove Marine Laboratory still carries out coastal research {1}. In the public aquarium there was a tank or pond, and eleven tanks of various sizes along three of the walls. Outside the building large storage tanks for sea-water were built. The tanks and the foundations of the building were constructed in ferro-concrete {2}. Architect was J.J. Lish of Newcastle.
Site Name
Dove Marine Laboratory & Salt Water Baths
Site Type: Specific
Marine Laboratory
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5058
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5058 >> J. Alexander, 1999, Images of England - Tynemouth & Cullercoats, p 98 - 100
L.G. Mouchal & Partners Ltd, 1921, Hennebique Ferro-Concrete; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats, p 16; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
2213, 5058, 7098
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 37 SE 28
Northing
571400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cullercoats
Description
Life Brigade Watch House, Victoria Crescent, Cullercoats. This was designed by Frank West Rich, who designed Turnbull's Warehouse and Bolbec Hall (amongst other buildings). The Cullercoats Life Brigade, the second to be formed (after Tynemouth), was formed after 1864 and the Watch House constructed between 1877 and 1879. Built of roughly-squared sandstone with rock-faced quoins and dressings, a wooden verandah and tiled roof. Shingled belfry with balustrade. One storey. Boarded door under catslide roof. One stone-mullioned square-headed window under gable. Casements with glazing bars in back verandah. Clock turret has tall octagonal roof. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
This was the second Life Brigade in the country, formed immediately after Tynemouth in 1864. These brigades pioneered the technique of saving shipwreck victims by rocket-firing lifelines to wrecked vessels.
Site Type: Broad
Navigation Aid
SITEDESC
Life Brigade Watch House, Victoria Crescent, Cullercoats. This was designed by Frank West Rich, who designed Turnbull's Warehouse and Bolbec Hall (amongst other buildings). The Cullercoats Life Brigade, the second to be formed (after Tynemouth), was formed after 1864 and the Watch House constructed between 1877 and 1879. Built of roughly-squared sandstone with rock-faced quoins and dressings, a wooden verandah and tiled roof. Shingled belfry with balustrade. One storey. Boarded door under catslide roof. One stone-mullioned square-headed window under gable. Casements with glazing bars in back verandah. Clock turret has tall octagonal roof.
Site Name
Life Brigade Watch House, Cullercoats
Site Type: Specific
Coastguard Station
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5057
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5057 >> J. Alexander, 1999, Images of England - Tynemouth & Cullercoats, p 106, 111
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/141
1901, Cullercoats in the Old Days - lecture by Alderman Spence, Shields Daily News, March 1901
1879, Newcastle Daily Courant, 13. 10. 1879; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal; John Penn, 2009, The Enigmatic Architect: Frank West Rich (1840-1929), Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol XXXVIII, pp 139-149
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
7098
DAY1
28
DAY2
24
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436450
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cullercoats
Description
The first pier at Cullercoats was wooden and was built in 1677 by the lease holders of Whitley Colliery and Lady Elizabeth Percy, sole hieress of the eleventh Earl of Northumberland, to export coal. It took five years to build and cost £3,013 13s 6d. Cullercoats Port was put under the charge of the Custom House Officer at Blyth. In 1710 the wooden pier was severely damaged in a storm. It was deemed unsafe, the new pier was designed by John Dobson and built in stone with voluntary labour by fishermen and pilots between 1847-48. The end part was rebuilt in 1880. There are original drawings of the piers in Alnwick Castle. Pier now covered by sea at high tide. A photographic recording was undertaken by Scott Wilson in 2010 during improvement works. The report concluded that the North Pier had greater architectural merit than the South. Both piters form an intrinsic part of the historical development of Cullercoats and represent important historical heriage assets within the area.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
The first pier at Cullercoats was wooden and was built in 1677 by the lease holders of Whitley Colliery and Lady Elizabeth Percy, sole hieress of the eleventh Earl of Northumberland, to export coal. It took five years to build and cost £3,013 13s 6d. Cullercoats Port was put under the charge of the Custom House Officer at Blyth. In 1710 the wooden pier was severely damaged in a storm. It was deemed unsafe, the new pier was designed by John Dobson and built in stone with voluntary labour by fishermen and pilots between 1847-48. The end part was rebuilt in 1880. There are original drawings of the piers in Alnwick Castle. Pier now covered by sea at high tide. A photographic recording was undertaken by Scott Wilson in 2010 during improvement works. The report concluded that the North Pier had greater architectural merit than the South. Both piters form an intrinsic part of the historical development of Cullercoats and represent important historical heriage assets within the area.
Site Name
Cullercoats, North and South Piers
Site Type: Specific
Pier
HER Number
5056
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5056 >> J. Alexander, 1999, Images of England - Tynemouth & Cullercoats, p 105
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; North Tyneside Council, 2009, Cullercoats Conservation Area Draft Character Appraisal; Scott Wilson, 2010, Cullercoats Bay Piers Improvement Works - Photographic Survey; Scott Wilson, 2010, Cullercoats Bay Piers Improvement Works - Environmental Statement
YEAR1
2002
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
432820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
West Chirton
Description
Cast iron wheel found by Mr. T Singleton in 2000 and donated to the Stephenson Railway Museum. 34.5 inches in diameter. 12 inches deep including broken stud of axle. Hub 9 inches. The axle is fitted to the wheel hub with wood wedges. The wheel has 12 spokes. The wheel was found at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate in a section through a soil bund to the east of Hartley Main Wagonway.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Cast iron wheel found by Mr. T Singleton in 2000 and donated to the Stephenson Railway Museum. 34.5 inches in diameter. 12 inches deep including broken stud of axle. Hub 9 inches. The axle is fitted to the wheel hub with wood wedges. The wheel has 12 spokes. The wheel was found at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate in a section through a soil bund to the east of Hartley Main Wagonway {1}.
Site Name
West Chirton, Hartley Main Wagonway, Cast Iron Wheel
Site Type: Specific
Wheel
HER Number
5055
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5055 >> M. Forrester, Stephenson Railway Museum, 2000, Museum Object Entry Form
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
27
District
Gateshead
Easting
423010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553900
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Beamish Burn
Description
Well-covered remains of a stone archway which was once the entrance to a drift mine. Coal from the mine was taken by tub wagonway to an engine house. The coal was initially intended to simply fuel the nearby pumping station, but there was excess coal. This was dropped down the shaft of the pumping station mine and taken to Beamish Colliery where it could be transported away. When drfit mining ceased, an explosive was detonated a few metres inside the tunnel to block it. The coal drift was in operation from 1895 to 1920.
SITEASS
The brick and stone arch to the mouth of the drift survives partially intact. Earthworks survive of the tubway embankment. Brick foundations of the hauling engine survive adjacent to Burn pumping station boilers {2}.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Well-covered remains of a stone archway which was once the entrance to a drift mine. Coal from the mine was taken by tub wagonway to an engine house. The coal was initially intended to simply fuel the nearby pumping station, but there was excess coal. This was dropped down the shaft of the pumping station mine and taken to Beamish Colliery where it could be transported away. When drfit mining ceased, an explosive was detonated a few metres inside the tunnel to block it. The coal drift was in operation from 1895 to 1920 {1}.
Site Name
Paper Mill Drift/Money Hill Drift
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
5054
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5054 >> M. Allred, Historical Interpretation of Beamish Burn, p 3
Hepplethwaite Diary, Beamish Library
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5052
DAY1
27
District
Gateshead
Easting
424510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555090
parish
Lamesley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Beamish Burn
Description
Marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1921. Linked to Bewicke Main Colliery (HER 5050) by a tramway (HER 5052).
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Marked on OS map of 1921. Linked to Bewicke Main Colliery (SMR 5050) by a tramway (SMR 5052).
Site Name
Beamish Burn, Coal Drift
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
5053
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5053 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1921
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5050,5053
DAY1
27
District
Gateshead
Easting
425220
EASTING2
2455
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
556000
NORTHING2
5513
parish
Lamesley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Beamish Burn
Description
Tramway from Bewicke Main Colliery (HER 5050) to a coal drift (HER 5053). Marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1921.
SITEASS
Line now marked as a track/cutting.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Tramway from Bewicke Main Colliery (SMR 5050) to a coal drift (SMR 5053). Marked on OS map of 1921.
Site Name
Beamish Burn, Tramway
Site Type: Specific
Tramway
HER Number
5052
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5052 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1921
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
2002
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5050
DAY1
27
District
Gateshead
Easting
425270
EASTING2
2563
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
556170
NORTHING2
5604
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Beamish Burn
Description
Served Bewicke Main Colliery (HER 5050). Wagonway is shown on Ordnance Survey map of 1890.
SITEASS
Line now marked as a path.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Served Bewicke Main Colliery (SMR 5050). Wagonway is shown on OS map of 1890.
Site Name
Beamish Burn, Bewicke Main Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
5051
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5051 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1890
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
2002