Hanover Street retains its original stone tramways. These are large granite baulks, laid into the normal cobbled surface. They form a smooth path for cart wheels, whilst allowing a good grip for horses. The size of the blocks was apparently dictated by law, at 2 feet x 5 feet x 8 inches deep. The surface of this, one of the City's few surviving cobbled streets, is made up of setts or small cut blocks of granite with an inset granite strip on one side to assist carts on the steep uphill climb. This arrangement was once common in cobbled streets or on steep hills. The granite blocks provided a smoother surface for the wheels of the carts whilst the traditional setts between the lines allowed a better grip for the horses hooves. This system was only provided for the traffic travelling up the steep slope of the street. The idea is thought to have been first used in Northern Italy and first introduced into this country in the early 19th century. Hanover Street itself was laid out when the massive bonded warehouses were built from 1841-1844 (HER ref. 5168). LOCAL LIST

Robert Stephenson's Engineering works, one of the most important 19th century industrial buildings in the world. It was designed and built by Stephenson and was working by 1837. The design was strongly influenced by greenhouse design and included many features which were innovative in an industrial building of the time. The central pitch of the roof was glass, with its supporting cast iron pillars also functioning as downpipes to take away rain water. The entire west wall was glass, supported by seven brick pillars. There was also a two storey office building, built circa 1820-40, with an unusual stone staircase, of a type commonly found in Edinburgh {1}.The Stephenson Quarter comprises: A1 original office (listed building 10034) 1823-1827, A2 a dog-leg yard 1827, A3 an open yard 1823, later a forge and carpenter's shop later a fitting and turning shop 1859, A4 a yard 1823, later a warehouse (engine wrights fitting up shop) with pattern maker's shop above 1837, A5 part of the original 1823 buildings, 1837-8 a boring mill, 1847-8 a lathe shop with a stationary engine, A6 a yard and blacksmith's shop 1837-8, wheelsmiths shop in 1896, A7 a yard, 1837 a coppersmith's shop, 1896 a plumber's shop, A8 an open yard, 1859 engine house, A9 coppersmith's shop, A10 smith's shop, A11 fitting shop 1867, locomotive erecting shop 1896, machine and fitting shops on upper floors, A12 frame shop, tender shop and saw mill 1846-1850, A13 frame shop 1847, A14 warehouse, A15 square chimney base/furnace 1838, A16 smith's shops 1830s, A17 warehouse extension, oil engine showroom 1859-1894 with paint room above, A19 yard 1830s with railway lines, turntables and wheelpits, B1 20 South Street 1847-1859, B2 boiler shop 1838- 1845 {ref. numbers taken from PLB report of 2001}. The Rocket was built here. The firm also built the first locomotive (Locomotion) for the worlds first public railway - The stockton and Darlington Line 1825. Works moved to Darlington in 1902 but returned to Newcastle in 1937 when they took over Hawthorn Leslies loco division and became Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd.

Archaeological excavations in 2017 recorded the Smith's Shops or Workshops of Stephenson's Engine Works (OS map of 1862) and the High Smithy (OS map of 1896). The remains included substantial walls, column bases, brick floors, a culvert and a complicated multi-phase system of brick flues, which probably carried waste gases from ovens or furnaces to external vents. The flue system is shown on Goad's Fire Insurance Plan of 1896.

Excavations by the Archaeological Practice in August 2017 recorded a locomotive turntable base (HER 17589), a brick-lined stone-capped culvert, a railway line running south-east to north-west with four rails representing part of a set of points, set on wooden sleepers, and a 10m length of railway line for a travelling crane, with iron rails and wooden sleepers.

20 South Street is the only complete building still standing from the works and is LISTED GRADE 2

The Tyne Iron Works was founded in 1797. By 1801 it had two blast furnaces with a Boulton and Watt blowing engine. By the 1860s the principal shareholder of the company was a Mr Bulmer who resided at Sugley House on the edge of the Dene. The works were taken over in 1869 by John Spencer and renamed the Tyne Haematite Iron Company. This venture only lasted for 7 years, however, and in 1876 the works closed owing to the shortage of iron ore from Spain, the supply ceasing on the outbreak of the Carlist War. By 1890 the works had been dismantled. The site was subsequently bisected by a main road. To the north of the road are coke ovens and calciner remains. South of the road prominent but unidentified arches survive, which may have housed puddling or re-heat furnaces or may simply represent a viaduct ramp to the blast furnace top. Another prominent ramp incorporates curious rooms. The manager's house is a listed building. An interesting account of the ironworks was given in 1802 by Eric T. Svedenstierna in his book "The travel diary of an industrial spy". LOCAL LIST

Heaton Station shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan and replaced the earlier station to the east of Heaton Park Road (HER ref. 4159).

Maling’s B Ford Pottery works was opened in 1878 to work alongside Maling's Ford Street Pottery (HER ref. 4968). It was thought to be the largest pottery in the country and could produce 1½ million items per month, concentrating on new markets such as sanitary ware. With the two works working together the company was employing over 1000 people at the turn of the century. This mainly female workforce was known locally as "Maling's White Mice" after the white clay dust often found on their shoes. Men were employed for the heavier tasks of preparing raw materials, mixing clay, firing kilns and saggar making. Women were involved in equally strenuous tasks - operating heavy machines, carrying clay and pottery - but mainly in the finishing and decorating of the product, including jolleying, casting, printing, painting and gilding. Most employees started work at 14 straight from school, earnings starting at 5s 9d a week, with the vast majority going on to piecework after they had served an apprenticeship. While the old Ford Street site closed in 1926, the Ford B Works struggled on through to the Second World War and beyond. In 1947 the whole company was sold to Hoults Estates. The name "C.T. Maling & Sons" was retained and under the guidance of Frederick Hoult the firm staged a post-war recovery, only to be undermined by competition from overseas in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It closed in 1963. The Ford B Works was given over to furniture storage and is better known today as "Hoult's Yard". LOCAL LIST

St Peter's Station on the North Eastern Railway's Newcastle and Tynemouth Riverside Branch. Opened May 1st 1879. Closed to goods 31st Oct 1966 and to passengers 23rd July 1973. The last goods service used this part of the line in Sept 1987, the line was officially taken out of use March 1988. Now demolished. A cycleway and footpath follow the course of the Riverside branch just missing the site of the station. The sidings served Maling and Sons Ford Pottery, St Peters Oil Gas Works, Scott's Quarry and two chemical manure firms. The station was single storey brick structure in H-plan. It had a subway connecting the 2 platforms. The station buildings at St Peters, St Anthony's, Walker and Willington Quay were all the same H-plan structure with a cantilevered platform awning embraced by cross wings. Designed by Benjamin Burleigh.

These works are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that they were built after 1858. The function of these works is unclear from the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

This Chemical Works is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Three Buildings labelled as Saw Mills are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that they were in operation after 1858.

This Manure Works is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.