Cleadon, Front Street, electricity substation

HER Number:
12782

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Front Street, electricity substation

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Electricity Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Electricity Sub Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A pre-First World War electricity substation. Brick built with a rosemary tile roof. It is surmounted by a square tower with an open ventilation lantern with a lead ogee shaped roof. It has projecting brick cills and a dog-tooth brick cornice.

Easting:
3855

Northing:
6237

Grid Reference:
NZ38556237

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 34; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas