English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418100
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
A much altered but formerly a two-storied building, the function of this structure is unknown. It cannot be clearly identified on archive mapping before the 2nd edition OS of 1898, and was presumably associated with Cowen’s Low yard (103). Sandstone rubble walls remain with blocked windows and an opening to the north, the first floor has been truncated diagonally creating a cat-slide roof.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
A much altered but formerly a two-storied building, the function of this structure is unknown. It cannot be clearly identified on archive mapping before the 2nd edition OS of 1898, and was presumably associated with Cowen’s Low yard (103). Sandstone rubble walls remain with blocked windows and an opening to the north, the first floor has been truncated diagonally creating a cat-slide roof.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, Cowen Buildings
Site Type: Specific
Industrial Building
HER Number
8465
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563560
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
Blaydon Burn Road Bridge built in 1936 incorporating the remains of the earlier 18th century bridge and adjacent aqueduct. The bridge is constructed of ashlar sandstone blocks with 3 courses of rusticated stonework at the base. The bridge platform is constructed of riveted cast iron. The modern bridge was constructed to incorporate the earlier aqueduct the course of which is spaned by square openings in the bridge piers.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Blaydon Burn Road Bridge built in 1936 incorporating the remains of the earlier 18th century bridge and adjacent aqueduct. The bridge is constructed of ashlar sandstone blocks with 3 courses of rusticated stonework at the base. The bridge platform is constructed of riveted cast iron. The modern bridge was constructed to incorporate the earlier aqueduct the course of which is spaned by square openings in the bridge piers.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn Road Bridge
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
HER Number
8464
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418050
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563550
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
First identifiable on the 2nd edition OS of 1898, the function of this feature is unknown, but the pipe may run within an earlier open aqueduct. A large diameter cast-iron pipe runs, partly buried, within a stone-built channel. The pipe crosses the Burn unsupported.
Site Type: Broad
Watercourse
SITEDESC
First identifiable on the 2nd edition OS of 1898, the function of this feature is unknown, but the pipe may run within an earlier open aqueduct. A large diameter cast-iron pipe runs, partly buried, within a stone-built channel. The pipe crosses the Burn unsupported.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling
Site Type: Specific
Aqueduct
HER Number
8463
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418040
EASTING2
1804
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
563480
NORTHING2
6354
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
A formalised channel to the Burn is first clearly identifiable on the 1st edition OS of 1858, but some form of revetting is likely to been in place earlier. The visible remains comprise two high sandstone rubble retaining walls which line the course of the Burn with some remains of a parapet incorporating Cowen firebrick.
Site Type: Broad
Water Regulation Installation
SITEDESC
A formalised channel to the Burn is first clearly identifiable on the 1st edition OS of 1858, but some form of revetting is likely to been in place earlier. The visible remains comprise two high sandstone rubble retaining walls which line the course of the Burn with some remains of a parapet incorporating Cowen firebrick.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, stone revetted channel of the Burn
Site Type: Specific
Flood Defences
HER Number
8462
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418050
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563500
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
Probably associated with Priestman collieries, perhaps an explosives store, or even an air-raid shelter.

The remains of the structure comprised of brick walls on the north, south and east, built against earlier sandstone retaining wall with weep holes to the west. The bricks are late, probably LILY of High Spen. A door in south wall has iron frame and three pintles (centre one reversed so that door could not be lifted off its hinges, suggesting a need for security). The roof is a sloping concrete slab. To the north wer two low wall fitted at each end with an iron plate, this may have been some form of fitting for a crane or lifting gear (Plate 96).
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Probably associated with Priestman collieries, perhaps an explosives store, or even an air-raid shelter.

The remains of the structure comprised of brick walls on the north, south and east, built against earlier sandstone retaining wall with weep holes to the west. The bricks are late, probably LILY of High Spen. A door in south wall has iron frame and three pintles (centre one reversed so that door could not be lifted off its hinges, suggesting a need for security). The roof is a sloping concrete slab. To the north wer two low wall fitted at each end with an iron plate, this may have been some form of fitting for a crane or lifting gear (Plate 96).
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, building
Site Type: Specific
Industrial Building
HER Number
8461
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
418010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563540
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
The remains of one of a bank of Newcastle kilns associated with Cowen’s Low Works, constructed before 1900, with the shell of a sandstone rubble building to the north.

The surviving structure comprises the base of a Newcastle kiln chimney visible as part of a group of buildings at the north western end of a sandstone rubble retaining wall (96). This group showed a number of phases of modification including blocked window and door openings.

The kiln back protrudes some 0.5m in front of the retaining wall and was defined by a set of alternating quoins on the north side (not present on the south side). The building was constructed of roughly squared, randonmly coursed sandstone with some rubble infill. At ground level a recess with an arch of firebricks contains a cast-iron pipe projecting from the rear wall, function unknown.

To the north of the chimney was a later building constructed of sandstone rubble and featuring a least one block window and door. The buiding was original two storeys high but later reduced to a single storey outshot during which phase the openings were blocked and a cat slide roof added. The line of the former floor level can be clearly traced on north facing internal wall which also formed the side of the brick kiln chimney.

The outshot abuts an earlier building to the rear which is of a similar build to the Kiln back and probably part of the same structure. The surviving wall of this building includes at least one blocked window opening.
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
The remains of one of a bank of Newcastle kilns associated with Cowen’s Low Works, constructed before 1900, with the shell of a sandstone rubble building to the north.
The surviving structure comprises the base of a Newcastle kiln chimney visible as part of a group of buildings at the north western end of a sandstone rubble retaining wall (96). This group showed a number of phases of modification including blocked window and door openings.
The kiln back protrudes some 0.5m in front of the retaining wall and was defined by a set of alternating quoins on the north side (not present on the south side). The building was constructed of roughly squared, randonmly coursed sandstone with some rubble infill. At ground level a recess with an arch of firebricks contains a cast-iron pipe projecting from the rear wall, function unknown.
To the north of the chimney was a later building constructed of sandstone rubble and featuring a least one block window and door. The buiding was original two storeys high but later reduced to a single storey outshot during which phase the openings were blocked and a cat slide roof added. The line of the former floor level can be clearly traced on north facing internal wall which also formed the side of the brick kiln chimney.
The outshot abuts an earlier building to the rear which is of a similar build to the Kiln back and probably part of the same structure. The surviving wall of this building includes at least one blocked window opening.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, kiln back
Site Type: Specific
Kiln
HER Number
8460
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
417960
EASTING2
1800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
563510
NORTHING2
6354
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
Probably associated with the waggonway and branch lines serving the coal depot, but it is not possible to firmly identify the extant remains with features shown on the historic mapping, probably dates to the early 19th century. The wall was constructed of roughly squared and evenly coursed sandstone, the average component measuring 0.30m x 0.20m x 0.18m but with some larger blocks, and capped with reactangular coping stones (Plate 92). Wall appears to have been built in one phase and survives in fairly good condition with very little later brick patching.
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Probably associated with the waggonway and branch lines serving the coal depot, but it is not possible to firmly identify the extant remains with features shown on the historic mapping, probably dates to the early 19th century. The wall was constructed of roughly squared and evenly coursed sandstone, the average component measuring 0.30m x 0.20m x 0.18m but with some larger blocks, and capped with rectangular coping stones (Plate 92). Wall appears to have been built in one phase and survives in fairly good condition with very little later brick patching.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, retaining wall
Site Type: Specific
Revetment
HER Number
8459
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
417940
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563520
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
A substantial brick structure, shown on the 3rd and 4th edition OS, associated with branch lines and the coal depot belonging to Priestman Collieries. The surviving structure comprises a southeast wall retaining infill (Plate 89). It was constructed of constructed of 20th century firebrick and included a cut-off H-shaped girders projecting in a raked line from the east face, suggesting supports for an angled shute, possibly a coal drop. The front elevation also included the remains of two brick 'gables' possibly supports for lifting gear. The building measured 11.50m long and approximately 5m high and extended some 8m from the rear back, the top of the structure comprised a flat cinder roof. The feature was surrounded by coal waste and some brick debris. To the southwest of the main structure, on the opposite the side of the track, were the remains of a brick wall surviving only five courses high this was constructed of the same yellow firebrick.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
A substantial brick structure, shown on the 3rd and 4th edition OS, associated with branch lines and the coal depot belonging to Priestman Collieries. The surviving structure comprises a southeast wall retaining infill (Plate 89). It was constructed of constructed of 20th century firebrick and included a cut-off H-shaped girders projecting in a raked line from the east face, suggesting supports for an angled shute, possibly a coal drop. The front elevation also included the remains of two brick 'gables' possibly supports for lifting gear. The building measured 11.50m long and approximately 5m high and extended some 8m from the rear back, the top of the structure comprised a flat cinder roof. The feature was surrounded by coal waste and some brick debris. To the southwest of the main structure, on the opposite the side of the track, were the remains of a brick wall surviving only five courses high this was constructed of the same yellow firebrick.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, brick structure
Site Type: Specific
Industrial Building
HER Number
8458
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
417900
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
This is only shown on 1st edition OS of 1858. No visible remains.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
This is only shown on 1st edition OS of 1858. No visible remains.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
8457
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
Gateshead
Easting
417980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Blaydon Burn
Description
Serving Rennison’s/Pickering’s Mill (92), these are shown in 1802 and were still clearly visible in1858 [OS1], but had been infilled by 1896 [OS2]. No visible remains.
Site Type: Broad
Pond
SITEDESC
Serving Rennison’s/Pickering’s Mill (92), these are shown in 1802 and were still clearly visible in1858 [OS1], but had been infilled by 1896 [OS2]. No visible remains.
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, millrace, pond and dam
Site Type: Specific
Mill Pond
HER Number
8456
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2006