Lime kiln - stone or brick structure for calcining brooken limestone to make powdered quicklime for agricultural, construction and industrial uses. Limestone was broken up and fed into the top of the kiln onto a charcoal fire. After burning, the powdered lime was raked out through an opening at the front of the kiln. By the early C20 bulk production using machinery for crushing the stone and burning it in Hoffman kilns saw the demise of lime kilns (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology, AB Searle, 1935, Limestone and its products, R. Williams, 1990, Lime kilns and limeburning, Shire Publications).

No glass works buildings visible. Site has been cleared of modern buildings. An exception to the mid C19 decline of the Tyneside glass industry, this site appears relevant to wider enquiries about changing technology. Site is unused at present and appears attractive for development, which should be preceded by evaluation {6}. Plate glass (formed into a thin sheet by rolling) was invented by Bernard Perrot in 1687 in France. It was first made in Britain in 1773 at Ravenhead, St. Helens, Lancs. It is made by casting molten glass into flat iron moulds and rolling it to the required thickness. It is then slowly annealed (heating then slowly cooled to prevent brittleness) and allowed to cool for up to 14 days, then ground and polished. It had superseded Crown glass by mid C19 (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).

Saw mills replaced saw pits, and were water powered at first. Mechanised sawing was by frame saws which imitated the action of the old sawpit using straight rip saws. Later circular saws came into use (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).

In 1505 members of the 'Fellowship of Masters and Mariners of ships of Newcastle upon Tyne' signed an agreement to build a chapel, meeting house and almshouses on the site they had acquired the same 'date and day … of old time called Dalton Place', from 'Rauff Hebburne squyer'. From 1536, the Trinity House of Newcastle upon Tyne, a private corporation, had responsibility for lighthouses. Many changes have been made to their premises since then, though the mainly 18th century and19th century buildings retain some of the earlier work. To the right of the entrance lies the chapel. Its 4 light window was renewed in 1841 but there is much older masonry surviving. The courtyard is the most important of three yards. On the east side is a flight of steps to the pedimented Tuscan doorcase of the entrance, crowned by an open pediment. The secretary's office was built in 1849. On the west side facing the passage are brick almshouses with a plaque recording their rebuilding in 1787. There was once another block of almshouses on the far side of the raised yard behind these. The steps up to this yard abut an older stone wall, probably of C16 on the evidence of the flat Tudor-arched doorhead and small square stone window surround. On the north side of this courtyard is a three-storey stone building, known in C17 and 18th century as the Rigging Loft. This is the site and probably the actual building which Trinity House acquired from Thomas Hebborne. The Banqueting Hall on the south side of the yard is of 1721 and has original glazing bars and sashes and retains its 1721 panelling and stucco ceiling. The entrance hall is the west bay of the chapel, separated from it by a Jacobean screen with glazed 2-light openings. Richard Newlove was paid for carving the cherub's heads in the chapel in 1653. The Board Room was rebuilt in 1791. The Vestry is now the Master's Room. The school was rebuilt in 1753. A second larger courtyard, once called the Low Yard, was the Brethren's bowling green in C17. The almshouses on the east side were built in 1782. These are now occupied by the Live Theatre Company, which also occupies the most southerly of the three Broad Chare warehouses, rebuilt by Trinity House in the 1840s. They lie parallel to the almshouses and are linked to them by covered yards. On the south side of this yard is an almshouse block of 1820 and an outbuilding of 1782. All these 18th century and19th century buildings are of brick. {1}